The Island where Red Spider Lilies Bloom

I’ve finished reading “The Island Where Red Spider Lilies Bloom” ( higanbana ga saku shima , 彼岸花が咲く島) by Li Kotomi 李琴峰, and it is one of the best novels I have read in a quite a while. I read it in Japanese as it has not been translated yet in any other language I can read. It was a delight to read, especially after reading Yoko Tawada’s “The Last Children of Tokyo”/”The Emissary” (献灯使, kentōshi )…