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A UK debut from a fresh, prize-winning talent, this quietly surreal novel is perfect for fans of Sayaka Murata and Mieko Kawakami Two friends meet across three dinners. In the back room of a pet shop, they snack on dried shrimps and discuss fish-breeding. In a remote new home in the mountains, they look for a solution to a weasel infestation. During a dinner party in a blizzard, a mounting claustrophobia makes way for uneasy dreams. Their conversations often take them in surprising directions, but when one of the men becomes a father, more and more is left unsaid. With emotional acuity and a wry humour, Weasels in the Attic it is an uncanny and striking reflection on fertility, masculinity, and marriage in contemporary Japan.

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Simmers with eerie tension and bursts with unforgettable monologues * NPR *
Oyamada is in complete control of her talent... A writer flexing their muscles and preparing for something truly profound * Japan Times *
Surreal and mesmerizing -- Praise for THE HOLE * The New York Times *

Weasels in the Attic

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    A Paperback / softback by Hiroko Oyamada, David Boyd

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      Publisher Granta Books
      Published 3 August 2023
      ISBN-13 9781783789764
      978-1783789764
      ISBN-10 178378976X
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      Fiction Contemporary Fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A UK debut from a fresh, prize-winning talent, this quietly surreal novel is perfect for fans of Sayaka Murata and Mieko Kawakami Two friends meet across three dinners. In the back room of a pet shop, they snack on dried shrimps and discuss fish-breeding. In a remote new home in the mountains, they look for a solution to a weasel infestation. During a dinner party in a blizzard, a mounting claustrophobia makes way for uneasy dreams. Their conversations often take them in surprising directions, but when one of the men becomes a father, more and more is left unsaid. With emotional acuity and a wry humour, Weasels in the Attic it is an uncanny and striking reflection on fertility, masculinity, and marriage in contemporary Japan.

      Trade Review
      Simmers with eerie tension and bursts with unforgettable monologues * NPR *
      Oyamada is in complete control of her talent... A writer flexing their muscles and preparing for something truly profound * Japan Times *
      Surreal and mesmerizing -- Praise for THE HOLE * The New York Times *

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