This is a kind of minor masterpiece by the same author as Quicksand, Some Prefer Nettles, Seven Japanese Tales, and The Makiota Sisters. I have read two of his novels previously and a short book on writing as well. This novel is very bizarre and wonderful in a lot of ways, not the least of which because it was published in 1928 and feels both more ancient and more modern than that date would indicate. It’s about a novelist named Mizuno who is publishing a […]