{"product_id":"troubled-waters-by-ichiyo-higuchi-9781805332725","title":"Troubled Waters","description":"\u003cp\u003eA pleasure to read' Mieko Kawakami  \n\u003cbr\u003e'Subtle, precise and deft' Lucy Caldwell  \n\u003cbr\u003e'Remarkable and devastating' Senaa Ahmad  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIchiyo Higuchi, Japan's first professional female author, wrote about daily life with unprecedented intimacy and honesty.  \n\u003cbr\u003eThis new translation of her finest stories showcases the profound sensitivity, lyrical eye and classical elegance of a revered Japanese writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVividly evoking the colourful festivals and salty street banter of Tokyo's turn-of-the-century red-light district, delicately eliciting its inhabitants' quiet yearning and regret, Higuchi introduces us to children losing their innocence, working-class women losing their livelihoods, and teahouse courtesans losing their hearts.  \n\u003cbr\u003eIn her clear-eyed vision of the world, longing and memory are what save us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePart of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Bryan Karetnyk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIchiyo Higuchi (1872-1896) was born into a prosperous family whose fortunes declined sharply over the course of her childhood.  \n\u003cbr\u003eAfter the deaths of her father and brother, she moved with her mother and sisters to a poor Tokyo neighbourhood adjacent to the Yoshiwara pleasure district.  \n\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.  \n\u003cbr\u003eOver a brief period she wrote some twenty-one stories, thousands of poems and an extensive diary.  \n\u003cbr\u003eShe died of tuberculosis shortly after the beginning of this brilliant literary career, aged only twenty-four.  \n\u003cbr\u003eFrom 2004 to 2024 her face appeared on Japan's 5,000-yen note.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBryan Karetnyk is a British writer and translator.  \n\u003cbr\u003eHis translations for Pushkin Press include works by Gaito Gazdanov, Irina Odoevtseva, Jun'ichiro Tanizaki and Ryunosuke Akutagawa.  \n\u003cbr\u003eHe is also the editor of the Penguin Classics anthology \"Russian émigré Short Stories from Bunin to Yanovsky.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ichiyo Higuchi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57176719196533,"sku":"9781805332725","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/4075\/2426\/files\/9781805332725.jpg?v=1778663710","url":"https:\/\/sherlockandpages.com\/products\/troubled-waters-by-ichiyo-higuchi-9781805332725","provider":"Sherlock \u0026 Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}