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The Hole: Hiroko Oyamada
Hiroko Oyamada
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Description for The Hole: Hiroko Oyamada
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When Asa's husband is offered a new job away from the city, the couple end up relocating. And since his new office is very close to his family's home, it makes sense to move in next door to his parents. Through the long hot summer, Asa does her best to adjust to their new rural lives, to the constant presence of her in-laws, to the emptiness of her existence and the incessant buzz of cicadas. And then one day, while running an errand for her mother-in-law, she comes across a strange creature, follows it to the embankment ... Read more
When Asa's husband is offered a new job away from the city, the couple end up relocating. And since his new office is very close to his family's home, it makes sense to move in next door to his parents. Through the long hot summer, Asa does her best to adjust to their new rural lives, to the constant presence of her in-laws, to the emptiness of her existence and the incessant buzz of cicadas. And then one day, while running an errand for her mother-in-law, she comes across a strange creature, follows it to the embankment ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Granta Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781803510620
SKU
V9781803510620
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About Hiroko Oyamada
Born in Hiroshima in 1983, HIROKO OYAMADA is the author of The Factory - winner of the Shincho Prize for New Writers - and The Hole, for which she won Japan's prestigious Akutagawa Prize, and Weasels in the Attic. DAVID BOYD is an award-winning translator, and Assistant Professor of Japanese at the University of North Carolina. He has translated ... Read more
Reviews for The Hole: Hiroko Oyamada
A great book
Patti Smith Surreal and mesmerizing
New York Times
A haunting and transformative work of fiction
Laura van den Berg A rare literary page-turner
Monique Truong
Patti Smith Surreal and mesmerizing
New York Times
A haunting and transformative work of fiction
Laura van den Berg A rare literary page-turner
Monique Truong