Natsuko Imamura

‘Very powerful ... Reading this book made me feel like I was in an unstable and strange world.’ - Sayaka Murata I suppose what I'm trying to say is that I've been wanting to become the friend of the Woman in the Purple Skirt for a very long time... The Woman in the Purple Skirt seems to live in a...

Asa: The Girl Who Turned into a Pair of Chopsticks by Natsuko Imamura presents a collection of intriguing stories where ordinary beginnings lead to extraordinary worlds. In one story, Asa tries to give her classmate a biscuit. In another, Nami evades her classmates' playground game of acorn-throwing. Meanwhile, Happy decides she's not interested in doing anything other than lying down...

An astonishing and moving novella about a misunderstood young girl, from the author of The Woman in the Purple Skirt—part of Pushkin's second Japanese Novella series. Other people don't seem to understand Amiko. Whether eating curry rice with her hands at school or peeking through the sliding doors at her mother's calligraphy class, her curious, exuberant nature often results in...