Where the wild ladies are /
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Soft Skull Press,
[2020]
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| Edition: | First Soft Skull edition. |
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 269 pages ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781593766900 1593766904 9781593766917 1593766912 |