![]() ![]() Memoir is very different from fiction, and I wanted that challenge. I started the “Only Gaijin” columns as a way to explore a new style of writing and new subject matter. ![]() I wrote a weird magical realist novel that I hoped would be my fifth book, but it didn’t really work and in the aftermath of that disappointment I felt I wanted to do something different. Iain Maloney: It started from a failed novel, funnily enough. Metropolis: Where did the idea come from to write “The Only Gaijin in the Village?” What influenced you? Maloney, author of four other titles, has spent the last 15 years in Japan and four in his adopted village in the countryside and describes life in “The Only Gaijin in the Village” with his wife Minori and his relationship with his adopted homeland with humor, empathy and insight. A berdonian author Iain Maloney spoke with Metropolis about his latest book, “The Only Gaijin in the Village: A Year Living in Rural Japan,” which was published in March, 2020 by Polygon. ![]()
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