Description
A woman moves to live with her in-laws in the Japanese countryside in this haunting and surreal novel featuring a mysterious relative, an elusive hairy creature, and lots of strange holes - from the author of Weasels in the Attic
About the Author
Born in Hiroshima in 1983, HIROKO OYAMADA is the author of The Factory - winner of the Shincho Prize for New Writers - and The Hole, for which she won Japan's prestigious Akutagawa Prize, and Weasels in the Attic. DAVID BOYD is an award-winning translator, and Assistant Professor of Japanese at the University of North Carolina. He has translated fiction by Izumi Suzuki, Tatsuhiko Shibusawa and Kanoko Okamoto, among others, and is translating the novels of Mieko Kawkami alongside Sam Bett.
Reviews
A great book -- Patti Smith
Surreal and mesmerizing * New York Times *
A haunting and transformative work of fiction -- Laura van den Berg
A rare literary page-turner -- Monique Truong
Book Information
ISBN 9781803510620
Author Hiroko Oyamada
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint Granta Books
Publisher Granta Books