The cape : and other stories from the Japanese ghetto.
- United States of America : Stone Bridge Press, 2008.
- ix, 186 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Born into the burakumin—Japan’s class of outcasts—Kenji Nakagami depicts the lives of his people in sensual language and stark detail. The Cape is a breakthrough novella about a burakumin community, their troubled memories, and complex family histories. Includes House on Fire and Red Hair.