Kinshu: Autumn Brocade

As delicate as the shimmering wings of a dragonfly, Kinshu—an epistolary novel by one of Japan's most popular literary authors—is a masterpiece of simplicity and beauty. Life, death, karma—these interwoven themes form the heart of this lyrical novel in letters, Kinshu: Autumn Brocade, the first work to be published in the U.S. by Teru Miyamoto, one of Japan's most popular literary writers. The word kinshu has many connotations in Japanese—brocade, poetic writing, the brilliance of autumn le...