This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kawakami, Hiromi, 1958-
[Sensei no kaban. English]
The briefcase / Hiromi Kawakami ; translated by Allison Markin Powell.
p. cm.
eISBN : 978-1-619-02043-6
1. Women-Fiction. 2. Men-Fiction. 3. Japan-Fiction. I. Powell, Allison Markin. II. Title.
PL855.A859S4613 2012
895.6’36-dc23
2011041521
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