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Murakami
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short stories
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- ISBN 9781846276996
- Weight: 75g
- Dimensions: 111 x 178mm
- Publication Date: 05 Aug 2021
- Publisher: Granta Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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'The interlinking short stories in this collection are fairy tales in the best Brothers Grimm tradition: naïf, magical and frequently veering into the macabre' Financial Times
From the best-selling author of Strange Weather in Tokyo, here is a collection of darkly playful Japanese micro-fiction.
In Kawakami's super short 'palm of the hand' stories the world is never quite as it should be: a small child lives under a sheet near his neighbour's house for thirty years; an apartment block leaves its visitors with strange afflictions, from fast-growing beards to an ability to channel the voices of the dead; an old man has two shadows, one docile, the other rebellious; two girls named Yoko are locked in a bitter rivalry to the death.
Small but mighty, you'll find strange delight in spending time with the people in this neighbourhood.
'Offers a delicious combination of intrigue, magic and comedy, like an unusual but satisfying snack. Kawakami continues to show off her prowess as a sharp-witted writer with a keen eye for the unexplored mysteries of humanity' Japan Times
HIROMI KAWAKAMI is one of Japan's most popular contemporary novelists, famous for her offbeat literary fiction. She was awarded the Akutagawa Prize in 1996 and her novel Strange Weather in Tokyo was shortlisted for both the Man Asian Prize and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and has been translated into thirteen languages. She is also the author of The Nakano Thrift Shop and The Ten Loves of Mr Nishino.
Ted Goossen is Professor of Japanese Literature at York University in Toronto and has translated Haruki Murakami among others.
