Download or read book Lament in the Night written by Shōson Nagahara and published by Kaya. This book was released on 2012 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A first English-language translation of two novellas by the early 20th-century Japanese author offers insight into the literary heritage of non-English-speaking immigrants in America and includes the 1925 title story, in which an itinerant day laborer prowls the back alleys of Los Angeles; and a second story in which an abandoned young mother works her way through bars and nightclubs. Original.