Vol.5
The Invisible Onlooker: A conversation with Lucy North, translator of Natsuko Imamura’s The Woman in the Purple Skirt
Imamura Natsuko won the Akutagawa Prize in 2019 for The Woman in the Purple Skirt (Murasaki no sukāto no onna). Lucy North’s translation of the darkly comic novella was published the following year by Penguin in the United States and Faber in the United Kingdom. About North’s translation, Kirkus wrote, “Imamura’s pacing is as felt and quick as the best thrillers, but her prose is also understated and quietly subtle.” In this interview, North discusses what went into capturing the subtleties of Imamura’s writing in English.
2022.03.16
- Lucy North
- Natsuko Imamura
