Territory of Light

Little Clothbound Classics are miniature versions of famous books, bound in cloth and stamped with foil. "Territory of Light" is a novel by Yuko Tsushima that was first published in 1978 and 1979 in the Japanese literary monthly Gunzo. It is about a young woman living alone in Tokyo with her two-year-old daughter, in her first year of separation from her husband. The book is praised for its poetic language and extraordinary freshness, and has been compared to Virginia Woolf's work.

Format: Hardback
Length: 192 pages
Publication date: 23 February 2023
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

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Territory of Light is the radiant story of a young woman, living alone in Tokyo with her two-year-old daughter, in her first year of separation from her husband.

At once tender and lacerating, luminous and unsettling, Territory of Light is a novel of abandonment, desire, and transformation. It was originally published in twelve parts in the Japanese literary monthly Gunzo, between 1978 and 1979, each chapter marking the months in real time, and remains one of Yuko Tsushima's most beloved works.

Wonderfully poetic ... extraordinary freshness ... a Virginia Woolf quality Margaret Drabble.

Weight: 208g
Dimension: 167 x 116 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780241620243