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Toddler Hunting and Other Stories

Toddler Hunting and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by Taeko Kono. In the English version, Lucy North was the primary translator while Lucy Lower had contributed other translation work. The English translation was first published in 1996 by New Directions Publishing. The first story in the collection was written in 1961, and the last one was written in 1971. The English translation of the collection was republished in 2018.

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The collection gets its title from one story, "Toddler Hunting" (幼児狩り Yōji-gari), in which the female protagonist has, in Self's words, an "unhealthy interest". One story, "Final Moments," is about a woman who realizes that her death will occur tomorrow, and describes her subsequent actions. Hiromi Kawakami, writing in The New York Times, stated that, as translated by Allison Markin Powell, the work is "surprisingly tranquil and matter of fact." ==Reception==
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Kirkus Reviews gave a starred review, arguing that the volume "should be an electrifying discovery" for people interested in short stories available in English. ==References==
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