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  People from my neighbourhood

  Hiromi Kawakami

  • Faber
  • 20 Juillet 2021
  • 9781846276996

  'The interlinking short stories in this collection are fairy tales in the best Brothers Grimm tradition: naif, magical and frequently veering into the macabre' Financial Times
  
  From the best-selling author of Strange Weather in Tokyo, here is a collection of darkly playful Japanese micro-fiction.
  
  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 mighty, you'll find strange delight in spending time with the people in this neighbourhood.
  
  'Offers a delicious combination of intrigue, magic and comedy, like an unusual but satisfying snack. Kawakami continues to show off her prowess as a sharp-witted writer with a keen eye for the unexplored mysteries of humanity' Japan Times Lire la suite Fermer

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  Under the eye of the big bird

  Hiromi Kawakami

  • Faber
  • 1 Novembre 2025
  • 9781803512365

  In the distant future, humans are on the verge of extinction and have settled in small tribes across the planet under the observation and care of the Mothers. Some children are made in factories, from cells of rabbits and dolphins; some live by getting nutrients from water and light, like plants. The survival of the race depends on the interbreeding of these and other alien beings.

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