The Mud of a Century

Name: The Mud of a Century
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SKU: 9780648901198
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By Yka Ishii

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The Mud of a Century by Yka Ishii is a beautifully woven tale that explores the essence of human struggle and resilience across multiple generations. Centred on the intertwining lives of a family, the narrative delves into their collective memories and experiences, capturing the complexities of tradition and change. Grounded in rich, evocative prose, the story offers a reflective journey through time, marked by poignant moments that emphasise the enduring nature of hope and connection.
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The Mud of a Century

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Yka Ishii's debut novel The Mud of a Century was a major literary success in Japan, where it won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize.

Several days after a once-in-a-century flood moves through the Indian city of Chennai, choking the Adyar River with the titular mud, a Japanese woman contracted to an IT company as a language instructor finds herself caught up in a deluge of flashbacks and memories. She reflects on unspoken words and unlived lives, contemplating the muddy chaos of her own karma.

Told in a magic realist stream-of-consciousness style, evocative of the subtle, wry sense of humour found in the traditional Japanese narrative art of rakugo, The Mud of a Century explores the interrelated bonds between self and other, Japan and India, past and present, fact and fantasy, and material and spirit.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780648901198

Publisher: Gazebo Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 September 2023

Country: Australia

Imprint: Gazebo Books

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

Translated by Haydn Trowell
Translated by Haydn Trowell

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 215.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 120

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About the Author

Yka Ishii was born in Hirakata in the prefecture of Osaka in Japan and graduated from Waseda University in Tokyo. Ishii worked in a variety of jobs - pastry chef, department store salesperson and snack hostess - while writing stories.

In 2014 Ishii moved to Chennai, India, where her husband worked as a Sanskrit language researcher, and started working as a Japanese language teacher. She made her literary debut at age 54 with her novel Hyakunen doro (The Mud of a Century), based on her experiences in Chennai during the 2015 South Indian floods. The book won the 49th Shincho Prize for New Writers and the prestigious Akutagawa Prize.