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Hardcover The Woman with the Flying Head and Other Stories Book

ISBN: 0765601575

ISBN13: 9780765601575

The Woman with the Flying Head and Other Stories

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This is an English-language anthology dedicated to the short stories of Kurahashi Yumiko (1935-), a Japanese novelist of profound intellectual powers. The eleven stories included in this volume suggest the breadth of the author's literary production, ranging from parodies of classical Japanese literature to cosmopolitan avant-garde works, from quasi-autobiography to science fiction. Her subversive fiction defies established definitions of "literature",...

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Surreal, sexy, feminist stories.

Shape shifting, pet protagonists in sexual situations with humans, time and gender travel all make this an enthralling collection. It may genuinely frighten, but never fails to stimulate the imagination. Though the Japanese orientation is always explicit, including references to well-known Noh figures and plays, the universality of the author's observations is unfailing. Worth a read by writers and dreamers, of any sex.
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