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Weasels in the Attic
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Weasels in the Attic is ideal for readers who appreciate introspective literary fiction that explores the complexities of modern relationships and cultural expectations with subtle humour and emotional insight.
Fish-breeding and weasel infestations punctuate this disarming, strange and strangely resonant story of one man's journey toward impending fatherhood, from an award-winning Japanese novelist.
Fish-breeding and weasel infestations punctuate this disarming, strange and strangely resonant story of one man's journey toward impending fatherhood, from an award-winning Japanese novelist
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Two friends meet across three dinners. In the back room of a pet shop, they snack on dried shrimps and discuss fish-breeding. In a remote new home in the mountains, they look for a solution to a weasel infestation. During a dinner party in a blizzard, a mounting claustrophobia makes way for uneasy dreams. Their conversations often take them in surprising directions, but when one of the men becomes a father, more and more is left unsaid.
With emotional acuity and a wry humour, Weasels in the Attic is an uncanny and striking reflection on fertility, masculinity, and marriage in contemporary Japan.
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ISBN: 9781783789757
Publisher: Granta Books
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 03 November 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Granta Books
Contributors:
- Translated by David Boyd
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 5.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 172g
Pages: 80
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About the Author
Born in Hiroshima in 1983, HIROKO OYAMADA a is the author of two novellas: The Factory, which won the Shincho Prize for New Writers, and The Hole, which won Japan's prestigious Akutagawa Prize. Oyamada has also written numerous short stories and essays.
DAVID BOYD is an award-winning translator, and assistant professor of Japanese at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He has translated fiction by Tatsuhiko Shibusawa, Izumi Suzuki, and Mieko Kawakami, among others.
Also by Hiroko Oyamada
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