Troubled Waters

Author:   Ichiyo Higuchi
Publisher:   Pushkin Press
ISBN:  

9781805332725


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   26 March 2026
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Ichiyo Higuchi
Publisher:   Pushkin Press
Imprint:   Pushkin Press Classics
ISBN:  

9781805332725


ISBN 10:   1805332724
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   26 March 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release.
Language:   Japanese

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""Subtle, precise and deft, the five stories in Troubled Waters are full of longing, written with exceptional control, and—in this sensitive and intelligent translation by Bryan Karetnyk—brimming with the richness and intensity of inner lives."" —Lucy Caldwell, author of These Days ""One of Japan’s most revered literary pioneers. Set among teahouses, red-light districts and working-class neighborhoods, these stories capture fleeting beauty amid hardship... Essential reading for lovers of literary history."" —Metropolis Japan


She depicts, in superb prose, the brilliant innocence of children and the customs of the old part of Tokyo... a pleasure to read -- Mieko Kawakami * Guardian *


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Ichiyo Higuchi (1872-1896) was born into a prosperous family whose fortunes declined sharply over the course of her childhood. After the deaths of her father and brother, she and her mother and sisters moved to a house in a poor Tokyo neighbourhood adjacent to the Yoshiwara pleasure district, and survived by running a small shop and taking in laundry. In an effort to shore up the family finances, Higuchi began publishing her short stories, which quickly earned her a reputation as a major new writer. Over a brief period she wrote some two dozen stories, thousands of poems and an extensive diary, drawing inspiration from her life among Tokyo's working classes, her family's misfortunes, and her disappointed love for an older writer. She died of tuberculosis shortly after the beginning of this brilliant literary career, aged only twenty-four.

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