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Before Hiroshima: The Confession of Murayama Kazuo and Other Stories

Before Hiroshima: The Confession of Murayama Kazuo and Other Stories


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As death approaches, an old Japanese man finds it necessary to clean his soul, to confront the mistakes of his youth, and to confess about a time when he might have been able to save the thousands who died at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The title novella is complemented by Suspended: Five Stories. In the rest of the collection, through Barkan’s beautifully direct style and canny ability to enter the mind, the reader gets to know a wide range of characters intimately. In “Forty,” a man from Boston travels to a wildlife refuge in Uganda, seeking to overcome a personal crisis. In “Suspended,” an amnesiac in Hawaii attempts to discover his real identity. “Shanghaied” features two lonely co-workers searching for love and excitement while on vacation. “Banana Bat” tells of a newlywed couple, honeymooning in Costa Rica, working to patch up an already faltering marriage. And in “The Warrior,” a young man falls in love with a woman whose fiancé committed suicide following the Gulf War.

About the Author :
Josh Barkan was awarded a literature fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. He has taught writing at Harvard, New York University, and Boston University and is the author of the short-story collection Before Hiroshima. His first novel, Blind Speed, was named a finalist for the 2009 Paterson Fiction Prize. He spent much of his childhood abroad, living in Kenya, Tanzania, France, and India. After attending Yale University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa, he spent a year teaching in Japan and received his MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. His writing has appeared in Esquire and as a contributor to The Boston Book Review. In 2011-2012 he was the writer-in-residence in Braddock, Pennsylvania, for Into the Furnace.

Review :
“Barkan is an impressive storyteller.” —The Times (London)


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781612181165
  • Publisher: Amazon Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: AmazonEncore
  • Language: English
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  • ISBN-10: 1612181163
  • Publisher Date: 10 Nov 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • No of Pages: 94
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  • Sub Title: The Confession of Murayama Kazuo and Other Stories


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