So We Look to the Sky

So We Look to the Sky is a novel told in five linked stories that begin with an affair between a student, Takumi, and a woman ten years his senior. Their scandalous liaison frames all of the stories, each exploring different aspects of the passages of life and the hardships ordinary people face.

About the Author

Misumi Kubo withdrew from junior college and worked for an advertising company before turning freelance as a writer and editor. She is the author of seven novels. So We Look to the Sky, her debut novel, won the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, placed second in the voting for the Japan Booksellers' Award, and was a runaway bestseller. Her next novel, Stray Whale on a Sunny Day, won the Futaro Yamada Prize. 

About the Translator

Polly Barton is a translator of Japanese fiction and nonfiction. She has translated short stories for Words Without Borders, the White Review, and GRANTA. Full-length translations include Where the Wild Ladies Are by Matsuda Aoko, Spring Garden by Tomoka Shibasaki, There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura, Mild Vertigo by Mieko Kanai, Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa, and Butter by Asako Yuzuki.

Dimensions: 13.97 x 2.03 x 20.96 cm