Title Statement |
Life ceremony: stories / Sayaka Murata ; translated from the Japanese by Ginny Tapley Takemori. |
Author |
Murata, Sayaka, 1979- |
Additional Contributors |
Takemori, Ginny Tapley |
Murata, Sayaka,1979- |
Publication |
New York: Grove Press,2022. |
Edition |
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. |
Extent of Item |
244 pages ; |
ISBN |
9780802159588 (hardcover) |
Other Number |
pr06641903 |
Languages |
Translated from the Japanese. |
Contents |
A first-rate material --A magnifcent spread --A summer night's kiss --Two's family --The time of the large star --Poochie --Life ceremony --Body magic --Lower on the breeze --Puzzle --Eating the city --Hatchling. |
Summary |
Blending together humor and horror, this stellar short-story collection by the author of the cult sensation Convenience Store Woman, translated into English for the first time, portrays weird love, heartfelt friendships and the unsettling nature of human existence. |
Subjects & Genres |
By Topic |
Attitude (Psychology)--Fiction |
Common sense--Fiction |
Dogmatism--Fiction |
Psychology, Pathological--Fiction |
Rigidity (Psychology)--Fiction |
Stereotypes (Social psychology)--Fiction |
By Genre |
Psychological fiction |
Short stories |