“The Death of a Certain Woman,” by Yasushi Inoue

An excerpt from a story collection by the late Yasushi Inoue, translated, from the Japanese, by J. Martin Holman: Every child in the village knew about Omitsu…

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1. “The Death of a Certain Woman,” by Yasushi Inoue

   The New Yorker · 2026-11-08 11:00 UTC

   An excerpt from a story collection by the late Yasushi Inoue, translated, from the Japanese, by J. Martin Holman: Every child in the village knew about Omitsu and had learned the unfamiliar word “mistress.”

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