New Book Announcement: “The Short Story Collective: 13 Tales from Japan” by Andrew Innes

The Short Story Collective: 13 Tales from Japan, by Andrew Innes (November 2021)
The Short Story Collective: 13 Tales from Japan, by Andrew Innes (November 2021)

The Short Story Collective is a thirteen-part journey through contemporary Japan with the odd stop along the way to visit both the past and the future.

In the title story, a young writer meets a drunken salamander who shares a tale passed down through the generations. In “The Koan”, a young lady doubts her own existence after completing a thousand marathons through the misty mountains of Kyoto. In “Digital Detox”, we meet a crafty farmer who cleverly lures gullible tourists to his country house. In “When in Rome”, the reader is introduced to a trio of tourists who epitomize the phrase Tourist Pollution. In “Anger Management”, the owner of a sake brewery battles to control his temper in a country where public expressions of emotion are very much frowned upon.

In these stories and more, the reader is introduced to a perspective on Japan that is at times dark, occasionally surreal, yet always engaging.

 

The Short Story Collective: 13 Tales from Japan by Andrew Innes
November 2021 (ISBN 9798492041205)