Writers in Kyoto

Category: Fiction

The Seven Forms of Infiltration

  • By Marianne Kimura
The first few pages of an upcoming novel with a ninja heroine.

Sword Dancer

  • By John Dougill
A selection from the author's novella.

Short Short Stories

  • By John Dougill
Description of the genre of short and flash fiction with a few examples and links.

The Hamlet Paradigm

  • By Marianne Kimura
An excerpt from Marianne Kimura's creative Shakespeare-based book.

A Nishijin Weaver

  • By John Dougill
A contemporary account of weaving, Nishijin, and kimono in Kyoto.

Kyoto tengu

  • By John Dougill
Dougill on Lafcadio Hearn's taste for the macabre.

Novel extract: from an untitled work set in Kanazawa

  • By John Dougill
An extract from a novel penned by David Joiner.

Sequel to The Drop

  • By John Dougill
A taster draft of Kevin Ramsden's second work of fiction.

Ichigensan

  • By John Dougill
An extract from David Zoppetti's novel entitled Ichigensan.

The Flowers of Spring

  • By John Dougill
An excerpt from Kawabata Yasunari's The Old Capital, published in 1962 and first translated into English in 1987.

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

  • By John Dougill
A short excerpt from Mishima's Temple of the Golden Pavilion, published in 1956 and first translated into English in 1959.

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