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"Evocative... Astonishing, strange, and wonderful" - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Surreal, Akutagawa Prize-winning short stories of desire and loss from the celebrated author of Strange Weather in Tokyo In these three haunting and lyrical stories, three young women experience loss, loneliness and extraordinary romance. Sensual, yearning, and filled with the tricks of memory and grief, this is an atmospheric trio of tales from a startlingly brilliant writer. The nightingale sang again. The plates on the table gleamed, and the food, in all its ceaseless variety, breathed, glossy and bright. The night had only just begun. A woman travels through an unending night with a porcelain girlfriend, monsters of the mist and a monkey who shows no mercy. A sister mourns her brother, who is visible only to her, while her family welcome his would-be wife into their home. One morning, a woman treads on a snake in the park. She comes home that evening and realises the snake has moved into her house and is saying she is her mother... Winner of the Akutagawa Prize, Japan's most prestigious literary award, these stories reveal a highly surreal, meticulously crafted exploration of the many facets of desire, loss and fantasy. Part of Pushkin's Japanese Novella series: stylishly designed editions of the best of contemporary Japanese fiction, featuring celebrated, prize-winning authors including Mieko Kawakami, Hideo Furukawa, Kaori Fujino and Natsuko Imamura.
- Format: TradePaperback
- Author: Kawakami, Hiromi
- ISBN: 9781805331407
- Condition: Used
- Number Of Pages: 160
- Publication Year: 2024
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English