Horses, horses, in the end the light remains pure : a tale that begins with Fukushima

Furukawa, Hideo 1966- (author.). Slaymaker, Douglas, (translator.). Takenaka, Akiko, 1965- (translator.).

Summary: "Horses, Horses, in the End the Light Remains Pure is a multifaceted literary response to the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown that devastated northeast Japan on March 11, 2011. The novel is narrated by Hideo Furukawa, who travels back to his childhood home near Fukushima after 3/11 to reconnect with a place that is now doubly alien. His ruminations conjure the region's storied past, particularly its thousand-year history of horses, humans, and the struggle with a rugged terrain. Standing in the morning light, these horses also tell their stories, heightening the sense of liberation, chaos, and loss that accompanies Furukawa's rich recollections. A fusion of fiction, history, and memoir."--Syndetics.

Record details

ISBN: 9780231178693
ISBN: 9780231178686
ISBN: 0231542054
ISBN: 9780231542050
Physical Description: 1 online resource (147 pages).
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Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Horses, Horses, in the End the Light Remains Pure: A Tale That Begins with Fukushima -- Translator's Afterword -- Translator's Acknowledgments -- Backmatter.
Language Note:	Translated from the original Japanese into English.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 24, 2021).