Talking to the Dead - Sylvia Watanabe

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Talking to the Dead, Sylvia Watanabe, 1992, United States, SHORT STORIES

"...Sylvia Watanabe, who "wanted to record a way of life which I love and which seemed in danger of dying away," explores fragile lives and tenuous connections in stories that glimmer with moments of pain, wonder, realization, and rebellion. Haru Hanabusa chants and feeds the hunger ghosts in order to stay safe: "She kept it all down in a little notebook which she referred to from time to time, but no matter how many things she could think of to be kept safe from, there was always something more."..."

(E.B., p. 262)