Demonstrating again the artful simplicity and depth of her vision, Banana Yoshimoto reestablishes her place as a writer of international stature in a book that may be her most delightful since Kitchen. In Asleep, Yoshimoto spins the stories of three young women bewitched into a spiritual sleep. One, mourning for a lost lover, finds herself sleepwalking at night. Another, who has embarked on a relationship with a man whose wife is in a coma, finds herself suddenly unable to stay awake. A third finds her sleep haunted by a woman against whom she was once pitted in a love triangle. Sly and mystical as a ghost story, with a touch of Kafkaesque surrealism, Asleep is an enchanting new book from one of the best writers in contemporary international fiction.
- | Author: Banana Yoshimoto
- | Publisher: Grove Press
- | Publication Date: Jul 12, 2001
- | Number of Pages: 192 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0802138209
- | ISBN-13: 9780802138200
- Author:
- Banana Yoshimoto
- Publisher:
- Grove Press
- Publication Date:
- Jul 12, 2001
- Number of pages:
- 192 pages
- Binding:
- Paperback or Softback
- ISBN-10:
- 0802138209
- ISBN-13:
- 9780802138200