DUNDERHEAD is the book-length English-language debut of Tomoko Yoshida, age 92: three clinically precise stories of scarcity, pride, and resentment rooted in the afterlife of empire. Beneath the starkness of her world, there is a deep empathy for the “dunderheads” who carry it.
Translated by Adam Sutherland. Edited by Polly Barton.
