Death In Midsummer Elly Conway Bantam Press FHD|FJ|FF Hardback 2024 Anton Hur's translation skilfully captures

Anton Hur's translation skilfully captures the way Chung's prose effortlessly glides from being terrifying to wryly humorous

But a climate of fear surrounds Faustina

I'm not here to hurt you

waiting for their mother to come back and rescue them

Ruth-Anne Baker's childhood friend was murdered by convicted killer

Death In Midsummer Elly Conway Bantam Press FHD|FJ|FF Hardback 2024 Anton Hur's translation skilfully capturesFilled with rich description and luxurious beauty, these ten tales of loss and longing from one of Japan's greatest writers show the pull between duty and desire, ecstasy and death: a mother lost in mourning, a moonlit journey to fulfil a wish, a night of infidelity, a young lieutenant who ends his life.