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Where the wild ladies are / Aoko Matsuda ; translated from the Japanese by Polly Barton.
Van Pelt Library PL873.A86 O3313 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Matsuda, Aoko, 1979- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Obachantachi no iru tokoro. English
- Language:
- English
- Japanese
- Subjects (All):
- Japan--Folklore--Fiction.
- Japan.
- Magic--Fiction.
- Magic.
- Matsuda, Aoko, 1979---Translations into English.
- Matsuda, Aoko.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Translations.
- Short stories.
- Folk tales.
- Mythological fiction.
- Paranormal fiction.
- Fantasy fiction.
- Folklore.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 269 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First Soft Skull edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Soft Skull Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- "In this witty and exuberant collection of linked stories, Aoko Matsuda takes the rich, millenia-old tradition of Japanese folktales-shapeshifting wives and foxes, magical trees and wells-and wholly reinvents them, presenting a world in which humans are consoled, guided, challenged, and transformed by the only sometimes visible forces that surround them. A busybody aunt who disapproves of hair removal; a pair of door-to-door saleswomen hawking portable lanterns; a cheerful lover who visits every night to take a luxurious bath; a silent house-caller who babysits and cleans while a single mother is out working. Where the Wild Ladies Are is populated by these and many other spirited women-who also happen to be ghosts. This is a realm in which jealousy, stubbornness, and other excessive "feminine" passions are not to be feared or suppressed, but rather cultivated; and, chances are, a man named Mr. Tei will notice your talents and recruit you, dead or alive (preferably dead), to join his mysterious company."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Smartening Up
- The Peony Lanterns
- My Superpower
- Quite a Catch
- The Jealous Type
- Where the Wild Ladies Are
- Loved One
- A Fox's Life
- What She Can Do
- Enoki
- Silently Burning
- A New Recruit
- Team Sarashina
- A Day Off
- Having a Blast
- The Missing One
- On High.
- ISBN:
- 9781593766900
- 1593766904
- OCLC:
- 1139147968
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