| Asleep Contributor(s): Yoshimoto, Banana (Author), Emmerich, Michael (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0802138209 ISBN-13: 9780802138200 Publisher: Grove Press OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2001 Annotation: In these three novellas, Yoshimoto spins the stories of three young women bewitched into a spiritual sleep. Sly and mystical as a ghost story, with a touch of Kafkaesque surrealism, "Asleep"--now in paperback--is an enchanting book from one of the best writers in contemporary international fiction. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 920 |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5" W x 7.27" (0.39 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Demonstrating again the artful simplicity and depth of her vision, Banana Yoshimoto reestablishes her place as a writer of international stature in a book that may be her most delightful since Kitchen. In Asleep, Yoshimoto spins the stories of three young women bewitched into a spiritual sleep. One, mourning for a lost lover, finds herself sleepwalking at night. Another, who has embarked on a relationship with a man whose wife is in a coma, finds herself suddenly unable to stay awake. A third finds her sleep haunted by a woman against whom she was once pitted in a love triangle. Sly and mystical as a ghost story, with a touch of Kafkaesque surrealism, Asleep is an enchanting new book from one of the best writers in contemporary international fiction. |