Life in the Cul-De-Sac
Contributors: J. Philip Gabriel (Translator); Philip Gabriel (Translator)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
Published: April 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781880656570
Subjects: Modern fiction; Fiction; Fiction - General; General; Fiction / General
First sentence: Silently, the clock struck 7:00.
Description: "Meet the households Kiuchi, Takigawa, Yasunaga, and Oda... In this gently twisted domestic fable, award-winning novelist Senji Kuroi explores modern Japan through the lives of four families who live on a typical street in suburban Tokyo. Beset by visions, uncomfortable marriages, and strange rumblings of the past and future, these "traditional" Japanese families find the world both magical and perplexing. Are things falling apart or coming together? Is any of this real?

Originally serialized as twelve interleaved stories, Life in the Cul-de-Sac provides a unique and intimate look at contemporary Japanese society."--BOOK JACKET.