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LYNNE KUTSUKAKE is a novelist and short story writer. Her debut novel, The Translation of Love, won the Canada-Japan Literary Award and the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. A third-generation Japanese Canadian, she has a master's degree in East Asian Studies from the University of Toronto and studied Japanese literature in Japan on a Monbusho Scholarship. Fluent in Japanese, she has translated a short story collection, Single Sickness and Other Stories, by Mizuko Masuda. She has a degree in library and information science and for many years worked as a Japanese Studies librarian at the University of Toronto.
"“The Art of Vanishing is a fascinating glimpse into the intersection of art, class, and the complexity of adult friendship. Through intricately clever prose, Lynne Kutsukake brings us to a specific time and place in the world to reveal resounding universals truths about creativity and humanity. The young characters at the centre of this story feel authentic and unique yet relatable, even from the other side of the globe. I was absolutely drawn to their evolving relationships and challenges, and couldn’t put this book down.” —Waubgeshig Rice, author of Moon of the Turning Leaves “Lynne Kutsukake’s spell-casting powers are fully evident in this intricate and existentially thrilling novel about art and a fraught female friendship that draws readers into the vital flux of 1970s Tokyo. I am such a fan of Kutsukake’s work. Her ability to intimately express the discomfort and heat of her characters’ emotions—their love, dependency and rivalry—left me in awe.” —Kyo Maclear, author of Unearthing “A beautiful examination of the power of friendship and creative expression in the search for identity and belonging.” —Nazanine Hozar, author of Aria “Luminous and riveting, The Art of Vanishing holds a mirror to our universal struggle to see and be seen. Lynne Kutsukake’s spare and elegant prose takes the reader to Japan in the 1970s and explores the friendship between two young artists who come from very different backgrounds—and asks what it means to want to belong. The characters and scenes within these pages will stay with you long after you’ve finished reading.” —Michelle Porter, author of A Grandmother Begins the Story “A haunting, exquisitely nuanced exploration of the beauty and the cruelty of a flawed friendship. . . . I loved this elegant novel."" —Anita Rau Badami, author of Tell It To the Trees"
