Out of that fog stepped Nobuo Kojima, already one of Japan's leading writers, with a novel that caught the mood of the nation. Hoyo Kazoku, or Embracing Family, sold briskly, won the prestigious Tanizaki Junichiro Literary Prizeand then, much like Kojima, sank into obscurity. Now, 41 years later, the book is being published in English....
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