Yasutaka Tsutsui’s imaginative stories evoke societies that teeter between the mundane and chaos, the familiar and the bizarre. Touted as “Japan’s preeminent writer of metafiction,” Tsutsui is an expert at deftly employing this narrative device to underscore his dark social commentary.
“Bullseye!” is the second collection of the acclaimed Japanese author’s short stories to be translated into English by Andrew Driver. The 20 stories, which are not presented in chronological order, range from pieces written in the 1970s to more recent works. The genres skip from science fiction to surreal comedy, and Driver’s translation successfully emulates the colloquial, madcap language Tsutsui uses for his off-kilter characters and settings.
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