The Hole by Hiroko Oyamada
A woman moves to live with her in-laws in the Japanese countryside in this haunting and surreal novel featuring a mysterious relative, an elusive hairy creature, and lots of strange holes - from the author of Weasels in the Attic
A great book -- Patti Smith
Surreal and mesmerizing * New York Times *
A haunting and transformative work of fiction -- Laura van den Berg
A rare literary page-turner -- Monique Truong
Surreal and mesmerizing * New York Times *
A haunting and transformative work of fiction -- Laura van den Berg
A rare literary page-turner -- Monique Truong
Born in Hiroshima in 1983, HIROKO OYAMADA is the author of The Factory - winner of the Shincho Prize for New Writers - and The Hole, for which she won Japan's prestigious Akutagawa Prize, and Weasels in the Attic.
DAVID BOYD is an award-winning translator, and Assistant Professor of Japanese at the University of North Carolina. He has translated fiction by Izumi Suzuki, Tatsuhiko Shibusawa and Kanoko Okamoto, among others, and is translating the novels of Mieko Kawkami alongside Sam Bett.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781803510606 |
| ISBN 10 | 1803510609 |
| Title | The Hole |
| Author | Hiroko Oyamada |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Granta Publications Ltd |
| Year published | 2024-04-04 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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