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People From My Neighborhood: Stories
Hiromi Kawakami
Nominated for the 2021 Shirley Jackson Award
From the author of the internationally bestselling Strange Weather in Tokyo, a collection of interlinking stories that masterfully blend the mundane and the mythicalâ"fairy tales in the best Brothers Grimm tradition: naĂŻf, magical, and frequently veering into the macabre" (Financial Times).
A bossy child who lives under a white cloth near a tree; a schoolgirl who keeps doll's brains in a desk drawer; an old man with two shadows, one docile and one rebellious; a diplomat no one has ever seen who goes fishing at an artificial lake no one has ever heard of. These are some of the inhabitants of People from My Neighborhood.
In their lives, details of the local and everydayâthe lunch menu at a tiny drinking place called the Love, the color and shape of the roof of the tax officeâslip into accounts of duels, prophetic dreams, revolutions, and visitations from ghosts and gods. In twenty-six "palm of the hand" storiesâfictions small enough to fit in the palm of one's hand and brief enough to allow for dipping in and outâHiromi Kawakami creates a universe ruled by mystery and transformation.
From the author of the internationally bestselling Strange Weather in Tokyo, a collection of interlinking stories that masterfully blend the mundane and the mythicalâ"fairy tales in the best Brothers Grimm tradition: naĂŻf, magical, and frequently veering into the macabre" (Financial Times).
A bossy child who lives under a white cloth near a tree; a schoolgirl who keeps doll's brains in a desk drawer; an old man with two shadows, one docile and one rebellious; a diplomat no one has ever seen who goes fishing at an artificial lake no one has ever heard of. These are some of the inhabitants of People from My Neighborhood.
In their lives, details of the local and everydayâthe lunch menu at a tiny drinking place called the Love, the color and shape of the roof of the tax officeâslip into accounts of duels, prophetic dreams, revolutions, and visitations from ghosts and gods. In twenty-six "palm of the hand" storiesâfictions small enough to fit in the palm of one's hand and brief enough to allow for dipping in and outâHiromi Kawakami creates a universe ruled by mystery and transformation.
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Hiromi Kawakami
Nominated for the 2021 Shirley Jackson Award
From the author of the internationally bestselling Strange Weather in Tokyo, a collection of interlinking stories that masterfully blend the mundane and the mythicalâ"fairy tales in the best Brothers Grimm tradition: naĂŻf, magical, and frequently veering into the macabre" (Financial Times).
A bossy child who lives under a white cloth near a tree; a schoolgirl who keeps doll's brains in a desk drawer; an old man with two shadows, one docile and one rebellious; a diplomat no one has ever seen who goes fishing at an artificial lake no one has ever heard of. These are some of the inhabitants of People from My Neighborhood.
In their lives, details of the local and everydayâthe lunch menu at a tiny drinking place called the Love, the color and shape of the roof of the tax officeâslip into accounts of duels, prophetic dreams, revolutions, and visitations from ghosts and gods. In twenty-six "palm of the hand" storiesâfictions small enough to fit in the palm of one's hand and brief enough to allow for dipping in and outâHiromi Kawakami creates a universe ruled by mystery and transformation.
From the author of the internationally bestselling Strange Weather in Tokyo, a collection of interlinking stories that masterfully blend the mundane and the mythicalâ"fairy tales in the best Brothers Grimm tradition: naĂŻf, magical, and frequently veering into the macabre" (Financial Times).
A bossy child who lives under a white cloth near a tree; a schoolgirl who keeps doll's brains in a desk drawer; an old man with two shadows, one docile and one rebellious; a diplomat no one has ever seen who goes fishing at an artificial lake no one has ever heard of. These are some of the inhabitants of People from My Neighborhood.
In their lives, details of the local and everydayâthe lunch menu at a tiny drinking place called the Love, the color and shape of the roof of the tax officeâslip into accounts of duels, prophetic dreams, revolutions, and visitations from ghosts and gods. In twenty-six "palm of the hand" storiesâfictions small enough to fit in the palm of one's hand and brief enough to allow for dipping in and outâHiromi Kawakami creates a universe ruled by mystery and transformation.
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