Asleep
Asleep
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Summary
"Asleep" tells the stories of three women, all bewitched into a spiritual sleep. One, mourning a lost love, finds herself sleepwalking at night. Another, embarking on a relationship with a man whose wife is in a coma, finds herself unable to stay awake. The third finds her sleep haunted.
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Asleep by Banana Yoshimoto
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.
'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
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.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780571205370 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571205372 |
| Title | Asleep |
| Author | Banana Yoshimoto |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 2001-09-03 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |