Japanese Fiction

Japanese author Mieko Kawakami spoke about her novel Sisters in Yellow, now available in English from Knopf, in a recent Literary Hub interview. The book, translated by Laurel Taylor and Hitomi Yoshio, follows protagonist Hana's memories of life in a 'yellow house' with three other women amid poverty and exploitation. Kawakami describes it as a loose homage to Jun’ichiro Tanizaki’s The Makioka Sisters, exploring sisterhood's complexities.