| Edition |
First Soft Skull edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 269 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Smartening up -- The peony lanterns -- My superpower -- Quite a catch -- The jealous type -- Where the wild ladies are -- Loved one -- A fox's life -- What she can do -- Enoki -- Silently burning -- A new recruit -- Team Sarashina -- A day off -- Having a blast -- The missing one -- On high. |
| 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."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Japan -- Folklore -- Fiction.
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Magic -- Fiction.
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Matsuda, Aoko, 1979- -- Translations into English.
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| Genre/Form |
Translations. (OCoLC)fst01423791
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Short stories.
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Folk tales.
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Mythological fiction.
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Paranormal fiction.
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Fantasy fiction.
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| Added Author |
Barton, Polly (Translator), translator.
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| Added Title |
Obachantachi no iru tokoro. English
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| ISBN |
9781593766900 (paperback) |
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1593766904 (paperback) |
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9781593766917 (ebook) |
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