Evan Dara’s The Lost Scrapbook: First Japanese Translation

It brings us immense pleasure to announce that Evan Dara’s The Lost Scrapbook will be available in its first-ever Japanese translation this November, translated by the esteemed Yoshihiko Kihara. Known for its unique style—written without periods and narrated by countless anonymous voices—this novel has long been considered an “unread masterpiece.” Originally published in 1995, TheContinue reading “Evan Dara’s The Lost Scrapbook: First Japanese Translation”

The Reader’s Role in Experimental Fiction

In the wilds of experimental fiction, the reader is not merely a passive recipient of story and structure but a co-conspirator in the act of creation, an often cross-eyed figure whose interpretive capabilities are summoned to fill the non-linear narrative gaps, resolve shady ambiguities, and imagine the text into meaning. The reader, in these instances,Continue reading “The Reader’s Role in Experimental Fiction”