Table of contents : Contents Acknowledgments A Note on Names Part One: Life and Writings 1. A Literary Life 2. The Father: Kōda’s Autobiographical Texts 3. Flowing and the Literature of the Demimonde 4. Narrative Authority and the Postwar Realm: Two Exemplary Short Stories 5. Torn Sleeves and the Anti-Oedipal Family 6. Epilogue Part Two: Translations Fragments The Medal Dolls for a Special Day A Friend for Life Chronology Bibliography Index