Full Description
In stories of exquisite compression, Japanese-Argentine writer Alejandra Kamiya conjures absences, shadows and all that must remain unsaid.
As dawn breaks, a woman prepares to make a perfect breakfast for her husband and son, while a subtle note of disquiet grows louder. A Japanese soldier resolutely obeys a command as precise as it is inexplicable. Two girls discover themselves through electrically charged games, which they will recall in letters for the rest of their lives.
Enigmatic yet sharply clear, The Fallen Trees Are Also the Forest is a book of quietly shattering epiphanies from a unique voice in international fiction.
Contents
Perfect Breakfast
The Remains of the Secret
Rice
The Names
Three Chairs
Fragments of a Conversation
The Boots
The Pit
Out in the Darkness
The Headscarf and the Wind
Parting
As Brief as a Clover
