Review

Red Circle Minis are compact, easily digestable slices of Japanese life on the page

By Mark Thomas
October 31 2020 - 12:00am
Red Circle Minis present old and new Japan, minus the cliches. Picture: Shutterstock
Red Circle Minis present old and new Japan, minus the cliches. Picture: Shutterstock
  • Red Circle Minis, by selected authors.

We first learn to understand countries through the cliches they present to the world. In the case of Japan, those superficial, sentimental images would include cherry blossoms, geishas, sushi, sumo and Fuji. Happily, not a single such cliché is evident in the attempt by Red Circle publishing to introduce new readers to contemporary Japanese writing.

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