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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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