Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Reviews, Translations
BOOK REVIEW: THE THORN PULLER
Ito’s talent for weaving many voices is brilliantly demonstrated in this newly translated work.
Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Literature, Reviews
BOOK REVIEW: AT THE EDGE OF THE WOODS
if there are two fearsome things lurking in the collective psyche of young Japanese minds today, it is surely having children, and moving to the countryside.
Arts & Culture, Books, Literature, Reviews
BOOK REVIEW: SCATTERED ALL OVER THE EARTH
An exploration of language and identity in a quasi-dystopian landscape.
Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Essays, Print Issues, Spring 2021: Japan Issue
AINU OTHELLO: THE STORY OF A PLAY
Alison Watts discusses a Japanese adaptation of Othello.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Print Issues, short story, Spring 2021: Japan Issue
PROUD
A young woman comes to terms with what gets passed down.
Poetry, Print Issues, Spring 2021: Japan Issue
SIX POEMS
Six poems by poet Tian Yuan.
Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Interviews, Print Issues, Spring 2021: Japan Issue
INTERVIEW WITH MARI KATAYAMA
Japanese artist Mari Katayama interviewed.
Editor's Pick, Essays, Spring 2021: Japan Issue
A HIGH-TECH ANCIENT STILLNESS
Looking at art and nature with Pico Iyer
Editor, Editor's Pick, Letters from the Editor, Print Issues, Spring 2021: Japan Issue
EDITORS’ LETTERS: SPRING 2021 JAPAN ISSUE
Litro’s Spring 2021 print issue now appearing online
Novel: A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
One hesitates before calling A Tale for the Time Being a “novel of ideas”, which presupposes an imbalance toward themes over character, but it would be impossible to truly enjoy ...
Digital Subscriptions, Fiction, Litro #117: America
A Trip to America
‘Excuse me. Does this train go to Ames?’ Taeko Endo asked a woman reading a newspaper in one of the seats near the door.
‘Yes, it does,’ the woman answered, smiling.
Taeko ...
Digital Subscriptions, Fiction, Litro #101: Faith
Extract from Shusake Endo’s Silence, with an introduction by Martin Scorsese.
Introduction by Martin Scorsese, whose film adaptation of the book is currently in production. How do you tell the story of Christian faith? The difficulty, the crisis, of believing? How do ...