Writing the Cycles of Womanhood

By Regina Hoo

October 2019 PENANG PROFILE
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Provocative with a generous dash of genius, Hiromi Ito gained prominence in the Japanese literary scene in the 1980s. Among her English readers, Ito is best known for her work, Killing Kanoko, where she, caught in the throes of deep postnatal depression, fantasized about killing her newborn.This November, she graces our shores at the George Town Literary Festival, which has yet again an impressive line-up of local and international writers and thinkers from over 20 countries.Unlike Japanese literary luminaries before...

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Regina Hoo

is the deputy editor of Penang Monthly.

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