The Shooting Gallery - Yuko Tsushima

Eight stories by one of Japan's most important women authors concern the struggles of women in a repressive society. An unwed mother introduces her children to their father . .

. A woman confronts the other woman. .

. A young single mother resents her children . .

. These stories touch on universal themes of passion and jealousy, motherhood's joys and sorrows, and the tug-of-war between responsibility and entrapment. nThe eight powerful stories of The Shooting Gallery examine the lives of single women coping with motherhood, passion, jealousy, and the tug-of-war between responsibility and entrapment.

nAn unwed mother arranges for her children to meet their father, who is a stranger to them. A woman confronts the other woman in her lover's life. A young single mother on an outing to the seaside comes face to face with how much she resents her own children.

Another woman tries desperately to hold on to a private life despite her controlling male relatives.n