Hiroko Oyamada
Hiroko Oyamada was born in Hiroshima in 1983. Her debut novella The Factory won the Shincho Prize for New Writers in 2010, and in 2013 she was awarded the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for her novella The Hole. Her other writing includes several collections of short stories and essays.
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Cat-a-Cat
Translated from Japanese by Sylvia Gallagher My daughter and I were playing hide-and-seek at the park, and I was it. I had my eyes closed and was counting down when I heard, sharp and sudden, hisss. More than one. I opened my eyes, looking past the gray and withered sakura tree before me and […]