Stories, Plays & Essays
The Empty Houses and a Literary Essay
空家 ほか
Miyazaki Koshōshi · 1889 · translated by Valentin Sarić
Two friends leave a Kyushu village for work behind a battlefield.
Their departure transforms a young wife’s life into a struggle with mourning, desire, and village judgment.
An accompanying literary essay praises and questions the young Izumi Kyōka.
68pages
1889first published
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