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Bezig met laden... Weasels in the Attic (2022)door Hiroko Oyamada
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Odd but charming ( ) It's easy to dismiss this book if one is unaware of social pressures and societal change and a rapidly aging population in Japan (and most of East Asia). The heart of this brief collection of interrelated short stories is about childbirth -- the social pressure to have children, the changes in society (particularly with young adults) that diminish the desire for children, and the changes brought by having a child -- but the story is told obliquely. In some ways, each story is a small slice of life told as if a fable. It would be difficult to give a plot summary for each story or for the overarching story without telling the whole story. Suffice to say that the fish in the first story and the weasels in the second are real, but also serve as metaphors about childbirth and childrearing. I enjoy Oyamada's surreal writing, but if your expectations are for strong plot or character development, look elsewhere. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"In three interconnected scenes, Hiroko Oyamada revisits the same set of characters at different junctures in their lives. In the back room of a pet store full of rare and exotic fish, old friends discuss dried shrimp and a strange new relationship. A couple who recently moved into a rustic home in the mountains discovers an unsettling solution to their weasel infestation. And a dinner party during a blizzard leads to a night in a room filled with aquariums and unpleasant dreams. Like Oyamada's previous novels, Weasels in the Attic sets its sights on the overlooked aspects of contemporary Japanese society, and does so with a surreal sensibility that is entirely her own"-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)895.63Literature Literature of other languages Asian (east and south east) languages Japanese Japanese fictionLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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