The Mud of a Century

The Mud of a CenturyAuthor: Yka Ishii ISBN: 9780648901198 Publisher: Gazebo Books Year first published: 01 Sep 2023 Pages: 120 Format: Paperback softback Yka Ishii's debut novel The Mud of a Century was a major literary success in Japan where it won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize. Several days after a once in a century flood moves through the Indian city of Chennai, choking the Adyar River with the titular mud, a Japanese woman contracted to an IT company as a language

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