The Crimson Thread of Abandon

First edition

The Crimson Thread of Abandon is a collection of short fiction by Shūji Terayama, translated into English by Elizabeth L. Armstrong and published by the University of Hawai'i Press in 2013.[1] The book contains a total of 20 stories.[2] The stories in the first half of the book originate from the collection Stories Sewn Up with a Red Thread.[3]

Robert Anthony Siegel wrote in Three Percent that the translation had a "graceful" approach to wordplay and puns, and that the translator did her task "with sensitivity and skill".[3]

Stories

The titular crimson thread describes the nature of the short stories and the lines that connect each story to one another via the common themes of unrequited love, abandonment, irremediable separation, and disappointment.

  • "Ribbon of the Sea"[3]
  • "Bird in a Bottle"
  • "Yesterday"
  • "Memory Shot"[3]
  • "Gotta Dance"
  • "The Eraser"[3]
  • "The Elusive Milena"
  • "Remy's Quantum Realities"
  • "One-Centimeter Journey"
  • "Five Stories of Hide-and-Seek"
  • "Alice in Shadowland"[2]
  • "Alice in Bookland"
  • "Que Sera Sera"
  • "24,000 Kisses"
  • "The Thief's Tango"
  • "Joker Joe"
  • "Flame"
  • "Hide-and-Not-Go-Seek"[2]
  • "Lena's Death"
  • "Fallen Angel"

References

  1. ^ "The Crimson Thread of Abandon Stories." University of Hawai'i Press. Retrieved on May 29, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Barbush, Madeline. "The Crimson Thread of Abandon: Stories." The Japan Times. October 4, 2014. Retrieved on May 29, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e "The Crimson Thread of Abandon." Three Percent. University of Rochester, Retrieved on May 29, 2015.


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