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Straits Times
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Straits Times
Book review: A Hundred Years And A Day, over 34 short stories, muses about the impact of time
Tomoka Shibasaki is the author of A Hundred Years And A Day. PHOTOS: STONE BRIDGE PRESS A Hundred Years And A Day By Tomoka Shibasaki, translated by Polly Barton Fiction/Stone Bridge Press/Paperback/207 pages/$31.60 Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Straits Times
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Straits Times
As cities and relationships evolve, Japanese writer Tomoka Shibasaki feels the impact of time
From a young age, Japanese writer Tomoka Shibasaki devoured books from literature to manga. PHOTO: STONE BRIDGE PRESS TOKYO – Japanese author Tomoka Shibasaki observes a world in constant flux, where the passage of time leaves an indelible mark. Old buildings are demolished and quickly replaced by nondescript skyscrapers. Streets shapeshift, losing their unique charm in the process. In life, friends drift apart, often without a clear reason other than the relentless march of time. Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Japan Times
21-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Japan Times
'A Hundred Years and a Day': Short stories unfold through the lives of structures and spaces
Tomoka Shibasaki's short stories don't run on human time; they run on architectural time. In her curious collection The 34 stories, each somewhere between three to seven pages long, take place mostly in Japan, and occasionally in other unnamed countries. Characters, too, are usually unnamed ('my grandmother,' 'student one,' 'the wife'), which gives the stories an allegorical feel, as if each highly specific narrative could also be easily generalized. A Hundred Years and a Day, by Tomoka Shibasaki. Translated by Polly Barton. 184 pages, STONE BRIDGE PRESS, fiction.
