''The Crimson Thread of Abandon'' is a collection of short fiction by
Shūji Terayama
was a Japanese avant-garde poet, dramatist, writer, film director, and photographer. His works range from radio drama, experimental television, underground (''Angura'') theatre, countercultural essays, to Japanese New Wave and "expanded" cinema. ...
, translated into English by Elizabeth L. Armstrong and published by the
University of Hawai'i Press
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in 2013.
The Crimson Thread of Abandon Stories
" University of Hawai'i Press
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. Retrieved on May 29, 2015. The book contains a total of 20 stories.[Barbush, Madeline.]
The Crimson Thread of Abandon: Stories
" ''The Japan Times
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History
''The Japan Times'' was launched by ...
''. October 4, 2014. Retrieved on May 29, 2015. The stories in the first half of the book originate from the collection ''Stories Sewn Up with a Red Thread''.[The Crimson Thread of Abandon]
" ''Three Percent''. University of Rochester
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, Retrieved on May 29, 2015.
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".[
]
Stories
* "Ribbon of the Sea"[
* "Bird in a Bottle"
* "Yesterday"
* "Memory Shot"][
* "Gotta Dance"
* "The Eraser"][
* "The Elusive Milena"
* "Remy's Quantum Realities"
* "One-Centimeter Journey"
* "Five Stories of Hide-and-Seek"
* "Alice in Shadowland"][
* "Alice in Bookland"
* "Que Sera Sera"
* "24,000 Kisses"
* "The Thief's Tango"
* "Joker Joe"
* "Flame"
* "Hide-and-Not-Go-Seek"][
* "Lena's Death"
* "Fallen Angel"
]
References
External links
*
The Crimson Thread of Abandon Stories
" University of Hawai'i Press
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the ...
.
2013 short story collections
Japanese short story collections
University of Hawaiʻi Press books
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