| Edition |
Unabridged. |
| Description |
5 audio discs (6 hr.) ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
060000 |
| Description |
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1.4 m/s |
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CD audio |
| Performer |
Read by Natalie Naudus, Nancy Wu, Jeena Yi, Pun Bandhu, Emily Woo Zeller, and Eunice Wong. |
| Summary |
In these twelve stories, Sayaka Murata mixes an unusual cocktail of humor and horror to portray both the loners and outcasts as well as turning the norms and traditions of society on their head to better question them. Whether the stories take place in modern-day Japan, the future, or an alternate reality is left to the reader's interpretation, as the characters often seem strange in their normality in a frighteningly abnormal world. |
| Contents |
A first-rate material -- A magnificent spread -- A summer night's kiss -- Two's family -- The time of the large star -- Poochie -- Life ceremony -- Body magic -- Lower on the breeze -- Puzzle -- Eating the city -- Hatchling. |
| Subject |
Attitude (Psychology) -- Fiction.
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Dogmatism -- Fiction.
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Stereotypes (Social psychology) -- Fiction.
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Rigidity (Psychology) -- Fiction.
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Common sense -- Fiction.
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Psychology, Pathological -- Fiction.
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FICTION -- Short Stories (single author)
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FICTION -- World Literature -- Japan.
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FICTION -- Absurdist.
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FICTION -- Magical Realism.
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| Genre/Form |
Short stories.
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Audiobooks.
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Short stories.
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Psychological fiction.
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| Added Author |
Takemori, Ginny Tapley, translator.
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Naudus, Natalie, narrator.
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Wu, Nancy, narrator.
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Yi, Jeena, narrator.
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Bandhu, Pun, narrator.
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Zeller, Emily Woo, narrator.
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Wong, Eunice (Eunice S.), narrator.
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| Added Title |
Seimeishiki. English
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| ISBN |
9798212188265 (sound recording ; Blackstone Library CD) |
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9798212188272 (sound recording ; Blackstone Retail CD) |
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