From the best-selling author of Strange Weather in Tokyo, here is a collection of playful, delightful, delectable Japanese micro-fictionTake a story and shrink it. Make it tiny, so small it can fit in the palm of your hand. Carry the story with you everywhere, let it sit with you while you eat, let it watch you while you sleep. Keep it safe, you never know when you might need it.In Kawakami's super short 'palm of the hand' stories the world is never quite as it should be: a small child lives under a sheet near his neighbour's house for thirty years; an apartment block leaves its visitors with strange afflictions, from fast-growing beards to an ability to channel the voices of the dead; an old man has two shadows, one docile, the other rebellious; two girls named Yoko are locked in a bitter rivalry to the death.Small but great, you'll find great delight spending time with the people in this neighbourhood.
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People From My Neighbourhood
From the best-selling author of Strange Weather in Tokyo, here is a collection of playful, delightful, delectable Japanese micro-fictionTake a story and shrink it. Make it tiny, so small it can fit in the palm of your hand. Carry the story with you everywhere, let it sit with you while you eat, let it watch you while you sleep. Keep it safe, you never know when you might need it.In Kawakami's super short 'palm of the hand' stories the world is never quite as it should be: a small child lives under a sheet near his neighbour's house for thirty years; an apartment block leaves its visitors with strange afflictions, from fast-growing beards to an ability to channel the voices of the dead; an old man has two shadows, one docile, the other rebellious; two girls named Yoko are locked in a bitter rivalry to the death.Small but great, you'll find great delight spending time with the people in this neighbourhood.
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Reviewed by DebbieWas für ein unterhaltsames kleines Buch! People From My Neighbourhood ist ein Buch voller fiktiver Kurzgeschichten über die verschiedensten Menschen, die in derselben Nachbarschaft leben. Einige von ihnen erleben seltsamere Schicksale als andere. Die erste Hälfte der Geschichten sind bereits etwas abstrakt, aber dennoch nachvollziehbar. In der zweiten Hälfte wurden die Geschichten jedoch immer surrealer und bizarrer. Das machte das Ganze jedoch umso unterhaltsamer. Viele dieser köeinem Stories regten mich im Nachhinein doch sehr zum Nachdenken an. Das Buch bietet ein kurzes, aber doch sehr lustiges Abenteuer, das ich jedem empfehlen würde, der mal eine andere Art von Buch ausprobieren möchte.