Asleep
Asleep
paperback
Published:
3 September, 2001
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Description
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF KITCHEN
'Enchanting.' TIME OUT
'The literary equivalent of a lo-fi playlist.' JAPAN TIMES
'Sensitive, refined and graceful.' i-D
[Yoshimoto] is the supreme poet of solitude.' SPECTATOR
Mourning her lost lover, a woman finds herself sleepwalking at night.
Another woman, in the midst of an affair with a man whose wife is in a coma, finds herself suddenly unable to stay awake.
And a third woman finds her dreams haunted by an old rival in love.
Across the nocturnal lives of these three women, Banana Yoshimoto weaves an enchanting ghost story, with a touch of Kafkaesque surrealism.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780571205370 |
| ISBN10 | 0571205372 |
| Number Of Pages | 192 |
| Item Weight | 160 g |
| Product Dimensions | 126 x 198 x 11 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Faber & Faber |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | Main - Re-issue |
Media Reviews
'Yoshimoto's writing is lucid, earnest and disarming, as emotionally observant as Jane Smiley's, as fluently readable as Anne Tyler's.' New York Times
Author's Bio
Banana Yoshimoto is the prize-winning and internationally bestselling author of many works of fiction, including Kitchen, Goodbye Tsugumi and The Premonition. Her work has been translated in over thirty countries. She lives in Tokyo.