Life ceremony: stories
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Takemori, Ginny Tapley translator.
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Published:
New York : Grove Press, 2022.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Physical Desc:
244 pages ; 22 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780802159588, 0802159583, 9780802159588
Notes
General Note
Translation of: Seimeishiki.
Description
"With Life Ceremony, the incomparable Sayaka Murata, whose Convenience Store Woman has now sold more than a million copies worldwide, returns with a brilliant and wonderfully unsettling collection, her most recent fiction to be published in Japan. In these twelve stories, Murata mixes an unusual cocktail of humor and horror and turns the norms and traditions of society on their head to better question them. In "A First-Rate Material," Nana and Naoki are happily engaged, but Naoki can't stand the conventional use of deceased people's bodies for clothing, accessories, and furniture, and a disagreement around this threatens to derail their perfect wedding day. "Lovers on the Breeze" is told from the perspective of a curtain in a child's bedroom that jealously watches the young girl Naoko as she has her first kiss with a boy from her class and does its best to stop her. "Eating the City" explores the strange norms around food and foraging, while "Hatchling" closes the collection with an extraordinary depiction of the fractured personality of someone who tries too hard to fit in. In these strange and wonderful stories of family and friendship, sex and intimacy, belonging and individuality, Murata asks what it means to be a human in a world that often seems very strange, and offers answers that surprise and linger"--,Provided by publisher.
Language
In English, translated from the Japanese.
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Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Murata, S., & Takemori, G. T. (2022). Life ceremony: stories. First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. Grove Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Murata, Sayaka, 1979- and Ginny Tapley Takemori. 2022. Life Ceremony: Stories. Grove Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Murata, Sayaka, 1979- and Ginny Tapley Takemori, Life Ceremony: Stories. Grove Press, 2022.
MLA Citation (style guide)Murata, Sayaka and Ginny Tapley Takemori. Life Ceremony: Stories. First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. Grove Press, 2022.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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