The Crimson Thread of Abandon is a collection of short fiction by Shūji Terayama, translated into English by Elizabeth L. Armstrong and published by the University of Hawai'i Press in 2013.[1] The book contains a total of 20 stories.[2] The stories in the first half of the book originate from the collection Stories Sewn Up with a Red Thread.[3]
Robert Anthony Siegel wrote in Three Percent that the translation had a "graceful" approach to wordplay and puns, and that the translator did her task "with sensitivity and skill".[3]
Stories
- "Ribbon of the Sea"[3]
- "Bird in a Bottle"
- "Yesterday"
- "Memory Shot"[3]
- "Gotta Dance"
- "The Eraser"[3]
- "The Elusive Milena"
- "Remy's Quantum Realities"
- "One-Centimeter Journey"
- "Five Stories of Hide-and-Seek"
- "Alice in Shadowland"[2]
- "Alice in Bookland"
- "Que Sera Sera"
- "24,000 Kisses"
- "The Thief's Tango"
- "Joker Joe"
- "Flame"
- "Hide-and-Not-Go-Seek"[2]
- "Lena's Death"
- "Fallen Angel"
References
- ^ "The Crimson Thread of Abandon Stories." University of Hawai'i Press. Retrieved on May 29, 2015.
- ^ a b c Barbush, Madeline. "The Crimson Thread of Abandon: Stories." The Japan Times. October 4, 2014. Retrieved on May 29, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "The Crimson Thread of Abandon." Three Percent. University of Rochester, Retrieved on May 29, 2015.
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