The Crazy Iris
Subtitle: And Other Stories of the Atomic Aftermath (Oe, Kenzaburo)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: September 21, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780802151841
Subjects: Modern fiction; Short stories; Short Stories (Anthologies); Fiction - General; Asian - General; Fiction; Translations into English; Fiction / Anthologies (multiple authors); 20th century; Hiroshima-shi (Japan); Japan; Japanese fiction; Short stories, Japanese; Social life and customs
First sentence: SHORTLY after Hiroshima was bombed, I was at a friend's house in the outskirts of Fukuyama looking at an iris which had flowered out of season.