People From My Neighbourhood by Hiromi Kawakami Paperback Book

Description: People From My Neighbourhood by Hiromi Kawakami, Ted Goossen From the best-selling author of Strange Weather in Tokyo, here is a collection of playful, delightful, delectable Japanese micro-fiction. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Take a story and shrink it. Make it tiny, so small it can fit in the palm of your hand. Carry the story with you everywhere, let it sit with you while you eat, let it watch you while you sleep. Keep it safe, you never know when you might need it.In Kawakamis 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 neighbours 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 great, youll find great delight spending time with the people in this neighbourhood. Author Biography HIROMI KAWAKAMI is one of Japans 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. Review Beguiling, with a strangeness that feels culturally rooted - Sunday TimesDeft and funny prose, in a feather-light translation by Ted Goossen, is thesignature of Hiromi Kawakamis latest collection... an intriguing and compellingbitesize read... funny, full of heart - Arts DeskTempting as it is, People from My Neighbourhood is not a book to rush... Theinterlinking short stories in this collection are fairy tales in the best Brothers Grimmtradition: naf, magical and frequently veering into the macabre... in a world wheremuch is insubstantial... Kawakamis clean narrative style is very much her own -Financial Times Promotional From the best-selling author of Strange Weather in Tokyo, here is a collection of playful, delightful, delectable Japanese micro-fiction Long Description From the best-selling author of Strange Weather in Tokyo , here is a collection of playful, delightful, delectable Japanese micro-fiction. Take a story and shrink it. Make it tiny, so small it can fit in the palm of your hand. Carry the story with you everywhere, let it sit with you while you eat, let it watch you while you sleep. Keep it safe, you never know when you might need it. In Kawakamis 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 neighbours 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 great, youll find great delight spending time with the people in this neighbourhood. Review Text Beguiling, with a strangeness that feels culturally rooted - Sunday Times Deft and funny prose, in a feather-light translation by Ted Goossen, is the signature of Hiromi Kawakamis latest collection... an intriguing and compelling bitesize read... funny, full of heart - Arts Desk Tempting as it is, People from My Neighbourhood is not a book to rush... The interlinking short stories in this collection are fairy tales in the best Brothers Grimm tradition: na Details ISBN1846276993 Author Ted Goossen Pages 96 Publisher Granta Books Year 2021 Translator Ted Goossen ISBN-10 1846276993 ISBN-13 9781846276996 Publication Date 2021-08-05 UK Release Date 2021-08-05 Format Paperback Imprint Granta Books Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2021-08-05 Replaces 9781846276989 DEWEY 895.635 Audience General NZ Release Date 2021-10-18 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:132902349;

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