Mothers

by Hiroko Oyamada, David Boyd (Translator)

This short story was first published in the Japanese literary journal MONKEY, vol. 12 (Summer/Fall 2017), and later included in Oyamada’s short story collection 庭 (Niwa, or 'Garden'), published March 2018.

Now translated into English by David Boyd and available to read online at the website of MONKEY's English-language offspring, MONKEY Magazine (MONKEY New Writing from Japan).

Unknown Binding

First published June 15, 2017

About the author

Hiroko Oyamada (小山田浩子) is a Japanese author. She won the Shincho Prize for New Writers for The Factory, which was drawn from her experiences working as a temp for an automaker’s subsidiary. Her following novel, The Hole, won the Akutagawa Prize.