Backlogues by Joseph Minden Adelia Prado and many previous translators have

and many previous translators have attempted to replicate them

to create joy despite (or to spite) those forces that would conspire against it

‘The mood is both tender and desperate

staff and others connected to its history

Miyazawa drew on nature in a way that no modern Japanese author had before him

Backlogues by Joseph Minden Adelia Prado and many previous translators haveIn Backlogues Joseph Minden explores how the act of remembering recreates spaces of oppression and how complicity in ancient power structures sustains modern day violence. Minden writes about the detritus of British history, from the Birkenhead Iron Works to the Bay of Biscay to Cape Town and the Straits of Malacca, all the time weaving a rich tapestry of troubling repetition alongside lenitive melodies and epicurean imagery. PRAISE for Backlogues: In