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The End of the Moment We Had

By Toshiki Okada
Translated by Samuel Malissa

By Toshiki Okada
Translated by Samuel Malissa

By Toshiki Okada
Translated by Samuel Malissa

By Toshiki Okada
Translated by Samuel Malissa

By Toshiki Okada
Translated by Samuel Malissa

By Toshiki Okada
Translated by Samuel Malissa

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Part of Japanese Novellas

Part of Japanese Novellas

Part of Japanese Novellas

Paperback $13.95

Sep 04, 2018 | ISBN 9781782274162

Paperback $15.95

Feb 11, 2025 | ISBN 9781805331438

Ebook $9.99

Sep 04, 2018 | ISBN 9781782274179

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    About The End of the Moment We Had

    Two brilliant, multi-layered stories from the winner of the Kenzaburo Oe Prize: part of our Japanese novella series, showcasing the best contemporary Japanese writing.

    On the eve of the Iraq War, a man and a woman meet in a nightclub in Tokyo. They go to a love hotel, and spend the next five days in a torrid affair. Written in a stream of consciousness, with the reader’s perceptions shifting and melting into one another, what is remarkable in this story is not what happens, but the ability of the writer to enter the minds and memories of the protagonists.

    In the second story, a woman living in a damp flat obsesses on the filthy state of her dwelling. She remains in bed for the duration of the narrative, but the drama and tension of her inner life – spiralling further and further into her memories and anxieties – keep the reader engrossed to the very end.

    The End of the Moment We Had demonstrates the fluidity and richness of this extraordinarily gifted writer’s language and ideas.

    About The End of the Moment We Had

    Two brilliant, multi-layered longform stories about the yearning for connection in early 21st centruy Tokyo, from a prize-winning Japanese writer

    “Nothing short of superb… This book gives me hope for the future of Japanese literature”  — Kenzaburo Oe, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

    “Compact, ruthless, governed by a persuasive sense of dread… captures the ennui that has paralyzed a generation”  — The New York Times Book Review

    In 2 stunning tales by novelist-playwright Toshiki Okada, characters stagger and thrash, bound by a generational hunger for human connection.

    On the eve of the Iraq War, a man and a woman meet in a nightclub in Tokyo. They go to a love hotel, and spend the next five days in a torrid affair. Written in a stream of consciousness, with the reader’s perceptions shifting and melting into one another as these two characters find unexpected deliverance in their fleeting joys.

    A woman living in a damp flat obsesses on the filthy state of her home. Though she remains in bed, her inner life spirals further and further into her memories and anxieties as she longs for something more from her husband, even as she knows that she already has enough.

    Mixing snapshots of moments high and low, these stories show us young people adrift in a world without security, desiring things they can’t quite name. Acutely insightful and beautifully written, The End of the Moment We Had introduces an unsettlingy honest voice in Japanese fiction.

    About The End of the Moment We Had

    Two brilliant, multi-layered stories from the winner of the Kenzaburo Oe Prize: part of our Japanese novella series, showcasing the best contemporary Japanese writing.

    On the eve of the Iraq War, a man and a woman meet in a nightclub in Tokyo. They go to a love hotel, and spend the next five days in a torrid affair. Written in a stream of consciousness, with the reader’s perceptions shifting and melting into one another, what is remarkable in this story is not what happens, but the ability of the writer to enter the minds and memories of the protagonists.

    In the second story, a woman living in a damp flat obsesses on the filthy state of her dwelling. She remains in bed for the duration of the narrative, but the drama and tension of her inner life – spiralling further and further into her memories and anxieties – keep the reader engrossed to the very end.

    The End of the Moment We Had demonstrates the fluidity and richness of this extraordinarily gifted writer’s language and ideas.

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $13.95
    Published by Pushkin Press
    Sep 04, 2018 | 160 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-13/16 | ISBN 9781782274162

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $15.95
    Published by Pushkin Press
    Feb 11, 2025 | 160 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-13/16 | ISBN 9781805331438

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Pushkin Press
    Sep 04, 2018 | 160 Pages | ISBN 9781782274179

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    Praise

    “Hyperrealistic. . . Okada captures the ennui that has paralyzed a generation.” — New York Times Book Review

    “So richly layered and strangely beguiling that we are left craving more. . . Samuel Malissa’s translation has fizz and verve, and each slangy meditation or exchange rings true. . . The stories are at their best — and their most baffling — when Okada topples our expectations and proceeds by way of surprise steps and wrong turns.” — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    “Nothing short of superb… This book gives me hope for the future of Japanese literature… there is power in the flow of this writer’s prose.” – Kenzaburo Oe, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

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