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David Boyd

David Boyd is an assistant professor of Japanese at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. With Sam Bett, he has translated three novels by Mieko Kawakami.

Black-and-white close-up illustration of a person’s closed eyes. The curvature of the eyelids, eyebrows, and the bridge of the nose are rendered in triangles of various sizes and opacities.

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For That One Moment

By Mieko Kawakami

In life and in fiction, Mieko Kawakami attempts to create memories that are as vivid as real life.