Download or read book The Funeral of a Giraffe written by Kyoko Iriye Selden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-20 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of short stories by scriptwriter-poet turned fiction writer Taeko Tomioka. Taeko deconstructs the discourse of the nuclear family and heterosexuality in gendered Japanese culture. Her stories focus on ordinary people unfettered by introspection or a search for life's ultimate meaning.

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