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Life Ceremony

by Sayaka Murata
$11.90
Life Ceremony
Life Ceremony

Contemporary Japanese stories exploring societal quirks.

Sayaka Murata has a knack for turning the ordinary into the extraordinary. If you're drawn to tales that examine the everyday with a sense of wonder and a touch of the bizarre, "Life Ceremony" is up your alley. It's a good read for anyone who enjoys storytelling that makes you ponder the oddities of our world.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Life Ceremony

by Sayaka Murata
$11.90
ISBN: 9781783787388
Authors: Sayaka Murata
Publisher: Granta Books
Date of Publication: 2023-04-27
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Horror, Contemporary, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Japanese Literature, Feminism, Asian Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.75
(rated by 20649 readers)

Description

From the author of international bestseller Convenience Store Woman comes a collection of short fiction: weird, out of this world and like nothing you’ve read before. An engaged couple falls out over the husband’s dislike of clothes and objects made from human materials; a young girl finds herself deeply enamoured with the curtain in her childhood bedroom; people honour their dead by eating them and then procreating. Published in English for the first time, this exclusive edition also includes the story that first brought Sayaka Murata international acclaim: ‘A Clean Marriage’, which tells the story of a happily asexual couple who must submit to some radical medical procedures if they are to conceive a longed-for child. Mixing taboo-breaking body horror with feminist revenge fables, old ladies who love each other and young women finding empathy and transformation in unlikely places, Life Ceremony is a wild ride to the outer edges of one of the most original minds in contemporary fiction.
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*Books may be missing bundle media (e.g. CD, e-book code), if included.

 

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Contemporary Japanese stories exploring societal quirks.

Sayaka Murata has a knack for turning the ordinary into the extraordinary. If you're drawn to tales that examine the everyday with a sense of wonder and a touch of the bizarre, "Life Ceremony" is up your alley. It's a good read for anyone who enjoys storytelling that makes you ponder the oddities of our world.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.