The Eriskay Connection

NEW RELEASE
Dead Letter Room (Allie Tsubota)

‘Dead Letter Room’ is a transhistorical correspondence with the late Japanese poet Hara Tamiki (1905–1951). Known for his slender output of prose during the pre-WWII and immediate postwar periods, Hara is most popularly admired ‘Summer Flowers’, a short story about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, which he survived. Hara becomes both a historical figure and a collaborator, as the work explores how violence, memory, and loss are shaped through historical archives. Presented as a collection of thirteen imagined letters written between Allie Tsubota (US) and Hara, the correspondence elaborates on the legacy of atomic disaster, while weaving a pliable, potentially fictive narrative that crosses historical time. Including images from the United States military archive of Occupied Japan in 1945, which Tsubota treats as a political instrument, and photographs taken by Tsubota in Hiroshima and Tokyo.

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Worldwide distribution: Idea Books Amsterdam

On the hottest day of the year, we’re getting ready for our hot summer sale 📚☀️ Next week, 3 juli from 13:00 to 19:00. We would love to wrap up the first half of the year with a book sale and cold drinks.

Last copies, old, new, rare titles, slightly damaged books, posters and display copies. Our latest books are also on display and available.

We look forward welcoming you in the midst of all our books & having a drink together before we take a short summer break.