Five stories of desire and discovery set in 1970s Japan, from weird fiction's most influential pioneer - Angela Carter
An Englishwoman muses on her affair with a younger Japanese man. A spurned lover seeks intimacy in another chance encounter. A boy stumbles upon a mirror world while walking in the woods. In five mesmerising, fantastical tales of 1970s Japan, Angela Carter explores what it means to arrive in a world different from one's own, and to transform profoundly - sometimes terrifyingly - in the process.
BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days
| ISBN: | 9781529983722 |
| Publication date: | 2nd July 2026 |
| Author: | Angela Carter |
| Publisher: | Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 112 pages |
| Series: | Brief Encounters |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Shorter Reads |
Five stories of desire and discovery set in 1970s Japan, from weird fiction's most influential pioneer - Angela Carter
An Englishwoman muses on her affair with a younger Japanese man. A spurned lover seeks intimacy in another chance encounter. A boy stumbles upon a mirror world while walking in the woods. In five mesmerising, fantastical tales of 1970s Japan, Angela Carter explores what it means to arrive in a world different from one's own, and to transform profoundly - sometimes terrifyingly - in the process.
BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days
A Souvenir of Japan features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Shorter Reads
A Souvenir of Japan is available in Paperback
A Souvenir of Japan was written by Angela Carter and published by Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House
A Souvenir of Japan has 112 pages
Yes it is part of Brief Encounters series
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