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Dragon Palace, Kawakami, Hiromi, 9781737625353
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
monkey New Writing from Japan
ISBN-10
1737625350
ISBN-13
9781737625353
eBay Product ID (ePID)
17059222361
Product Key Features
Book Title
Dragon Palace
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Short Stories (Single Author), General, Literary
Publication Year
2023
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0 in
Item Weight
6.3 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
Praise for Hiromi Kawakami 'How can a person resist?' - Paris Review 'Beguiling and beautiful.' - The Times 'Quirky and delicate . . . timeless . . . I fell totally under the spell.' - Daily Mail 'Kawakami knows she doesn't need fireworks to keep the reader entertained, and is pushing her exploration of form and style.' - -Japan Times Praise for People from My Neighborhood 'Magical and engaging.' - Publishers Weekly 'I love miniatures, the way big ideas are shrunk to digestible bits and dollhouse-size designs, where everything is there - just smaller. In thirty-six stories in 120 pages, Kawakami performs this Shrinky Dink macro-to-micro transformation, which, surprisingly, also gives rise to ever expanding mysteries . . . Each tiny tale is sheathed in a veil of cellophane that, when unwrapped, holds multitudes.' - Orion Magazine Praise for The Nakano Thrift Shop 'Kawakami lavishes attention on quotidian minutiae and exquisitely awkward pauses, ending scenes on maddeningly unresolved but vibrant images.' - -New York Times 'Charming and engrossing.' - -Kirkus Reviews 'A gentle, humorous novel.' - Wall Street Journal Praise for Manazuru 'Kawakami has a remarkable ability to obscure reality, fantasy, and memory, making the desire for love feel hauntingly real.' - -Publishers Weekly
Table Of Content
Stories included in Dragon Palace by Hiromi Kawakami 1. Hokusai 2. The Dragon Palace 3. Fox's Den 4. The Kitchen God 5. Mole 6. The Roar 7. Shimazaki 8. Sea Horse
Synopsis
Included in The New Yorker's Best Books of 2023 Stories from a Japanese master of transformative fiction, where reality,myth, and human foibles meet shifting dimensions of gender, biology,and destiny. From the bestselling author of Strange Weather in Tokyo comes this otherworldly collection of eight stories, each a masterpiece of transformation, infused with humor, sex, and the universal search for love and beauty--in a world where the laws of time and space, and even species boundaries, don't apply. Meet a shape-shifting con man, a goddess who uses sex to control her followers, an elderly man possessed by a fox spirit, a woman who falls in love with her 400-year-old ancestor, a kitchen god with three faces in a weasel-infested apartment block, moles who provide underground sanctuary for humans who have lost the will to live, a man nurtured through life by his seven extraordinary sisters, and a woman who is handed from husband to husband until she is finally able to return to the sea., 'How can a person resist?' -- The Paris Review Stories from a Japanese master of transformative fiction, where reality, myth and human foibles meet shifting dimensions of gender, biology and destiny. From the bestselling author of Strange Weather in Tokyo comes this otherworldly collection of eight stories, each a masterpiece of transformation, infused with humour, sex and the universal search for love and beauty -- in a world where the laws of time and space, and even species boundaries, don't apply. Meet a shape-shifting con man, a goddess who uses sex to control her followers, an elderly man possessed by a fox spirit, a woman who falls in love with her 400-year-old ancestor, a kitchen god with three faces in a weasel-infested apartment block, moles who provide underground sanctuary for humans who have lost the will to live, a man nurtured through life by his seven extraordinary sisters, and a woman who is handed from husband to husband until she is finally able to return to the sea. 'Unique and attention-grabbing, Dragon Palace is a collection of open-ended fantasy tales about thwarted love and lost opportunities.' -- Eileen Gonzalez, Foreword Reviews, Included in The New Yorker's Best Books of 2023 Stories from a Japanese master of transformative fiction, where reality, myth, and human foibles meet shifting dimensions of gender, biology, and destiny. From the bestselling author of Strange Weather in Tokyo comes this otherworldly collection of eight stories, each a masterpiece of transformation, infused with humor, sex, and the universal search for love and beauty-in a world where the laws of time and space, and even species boundaries, don't apply. Meet a shape-shifting con man, a goddess who uses sex to control her followers, an elderly man possessed by a fox spirit, a woman who falls in love with her 400-year-old ancestor, a kitchen god with three faces in a weasel-infested apartment block, moles who provide underground sanctuary for humans who have lost the will to live, a man nurtured through life by his seven extraordinary sisters, and a woman who is handed from husband to husband until she is finally able to return to the sea.
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- k***k (7018)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseThis book appears new - excellent condition and is exactly as described. Wonderful quality and came at an excellent price. The seller packaged the book with care, shipped it quickly, and communicated effectively. This was an great buying experience. Don't hesitate purchasing from this seller. Wonderful.Operation Gladio: The Unholy Alliance between the Vatican, the CIA, and the Mafi (#197235655132)
- d***a (51)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseShipping took a little longer than it initially said but the book still arrived just as described in fantastic condition. I wasn't a huge fan of the packaging though, as it was just wrapped in a simple thin plastic sleeve with zero cushion or padding and I've had books completely destroyed because there was nothing to protect them so if possible I'd like to see the seller provide a safer package when shipping books. But thankfully mine wasn't damaged in transit!
- e***h (203)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseGuide arrived quickly, exactly as described, and very well packed. The price was very reasonable, and there was great communication with the seller. I would buy from them again!