{"product_id":"dragon-palace-9781737625377","title":"Dragon Palace","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncluded in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker's\u003c\/i\u003e Best Books of 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStories from a Japanese master of transformative fiction, where reality,  myth, and human foibles meet shifting dimensions of gender, biology,  and destiny.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eStrange Weather in Tokyo \u003c\/i\u003ecomes this otherworldly collection of eight stories, each a masterpiece of transformation, infused with humor, sex, and the universal search for love and beauty—in a world where the laws of time and space, and even species boundaries, don’t apply. Meet a shape-shifting con man, a goddess who uses sex to control her followers, an elderly man possessed by a fox spirit, a woman who falls in love with her 400-year-old ancestor, a kitchen god with three faces in a weasel-infested apartment block, moles who provide underground sanctuary for humans who have lost the will to live, a man nurtured through life by his seven extraordinary sisters, and a woman who is handed from husband to husband until she is finally able to return to the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Spirits, animals, and people cohabit the universe of these eight stories, which capture with quirky insight and deadpan humor the strangeness of human relationships.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hiromi Kawakami returns to a world of fluid transfiguration with supernatural strangeness and knowing humor.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003cb\u003eThu-Huong Ha, \u003ci\u003eThe Japan Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Unsettling and provocative… prominent Japanese writer Kawakami and lauded Canadian professor-translator Goossen reprise their successful collaboration for \u003ci\u003ePeople from My Neighborhood\u003c\/i\u003e with another addictively strange collection.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003cb\u003eTerry Hong, Booklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An absurdist take on the human psyche.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003cb\u003eWalter Sim, \u003ci\u003eThe Straits Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDragon Palace \u003c\/i\u003efeatures eight surreal, emotionally affecting stories set in a world where the mystical and mundane rub elbows.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJaclyn Fulwood, Shelf Awareness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A short story collection tied together by an atmosphere of legends and metamorphosis.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003cb\u003eRichard Medhurst, Nippon.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDragon Palace\u003c\/i\u003e showcases Kawakami’s knack for blending folklore and surrealism into modern day social politics and life experience.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003cb\u003eBooks and Bao\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Unique and attention-grabbing, \u003ci\u003eDragon Palace\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of open-ended fantasy tales about thwarted love and lost opportunities.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e —\u003cb\u003eEileen Gonzalez, Foreword Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A vivid, disturbing collection”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003cb\u003eM.A.Orthofer, The Complete Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Exceedingly unique... Kawakami melds the mundane and banal with the surreal and fantastic, to good effect.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003cb\u003eCameron Bassindale, The Japan Society Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A fascinating collection of oddities in which some stories are humorous and accessible while others are more poetic and surreal.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003cb\u003eContemporary Japanese Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The stories in \u003ci\u003eDragon Palace \u003c\/i\u003euse the absurd to shine a light on the disaffected parts of ourselves, our feelings of isolation and estrangement in a world where kindness and love seem in short supply.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Ian Mond, \u003ci\u003eLocus Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Kawakami's stories seduce... offering tales of individuals’ interactions with shapeshifting animals, five hundred-year-old men, magical beings, and mythical Japanese deities.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e—JP Cavender, Necessary Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStories included in \u003ci\u003eDragon Palace\u003c\/i\u003e by Hiromi Kawakami\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Hokusai\u003cbr\u003e2. The Dragon Palace\u003cbr\u003e3. Fox’s Den \u003cbr\u003e 4. The Kitchen God \u003cbr\u003e 5. Mole \u003cbr\u003e 6. The Roar \u003cbr\u003e 7. Shimazaki \u003cbr\u003e 8. Sea Horse\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stone Bridge Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51020360319319,"sku":"9781737625377","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781737625377.jpg?v=1750783202","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dragon-palace-9781737625377","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}