Toddler Hunting and Other Stories: With an introduction by Sayaka Murata by Taek

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Book Title:Toddler Hunting and Other Stories
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Author:Taeko Kono
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Language:English
Topic:Short Stories,Books
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Publication Year:2021
Item Weight:260g
Number of Pages:288 Pages

Toddler Hunting and Other Stories by Taeko Kono, Sayaka Murata A captivating collection of pitch-black tales from one of the most important Japanese writers of the second half of the twentieth century – shocking, ominous, and subversive The Paris Review FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description An immeasurably influential female voice in post-war Japanese literature, Kono writes with a strange and disorienting beauty: her tales are marked by disquieting scenes, her characters all teetering on the brink of self-destruction. In the famous title story, the protagonist loathes young girls but compulsively buys expensive clothes for little boys so that she can watch them dress and undress. Taeko Konos detached gaze at these events is transfixing: What are we hunting for? And why? Kono rarely gives the reader straightforward answers, rather reflecting, subverting and examining their expectations, both of what women are capable of, and of the narrative form itself. Author Biography Taeko Kono (1926 -2015) is one of the most important Japanese writers of the second half of the twentieth century. Oe Kenzaburo, Japans Nobel Laureate, described her as the most "lucidly intelligent" woman writer writing in Japan, and the US critic and academic Masao Miyoshi identified her as among the most "critically alert and historically intelligent." US critic and academic Davinder Bhowmik assesses her as "…one of the truly original voices of the twentieth century, beyond questions of gender or even nationality." Review There are resonances here with Tanizaki, but Konos subversions feel somehow scarier, in part because of her deadpan prose and in part because she strikes at sacred paradigms of motherhood and femininity * The Wall Street Journal *It does a disservice to this collection of stories, which were originally published throughout the 1960s, to focus too much on its flashes of sadomasochism; but its difficult not to start there. But the pleasure in Konos work is not only, or even primarily, derived from its daring. These stories are also captivating in traditional ways * NY Times *The fiery, beguiling stories in TODDLER HUNTING AND OTHER STORIES are vertiginous tightrope walks between two planes of reality. Konos writing is shocking, ominous, and subversive * The Paris Review *Left me shaken and in awe; they are incendiary, beautiful, and frightening confrontations of the lives we keep hidden from others * Gabe Habash, author of Stephen Florida *Japanese master of the unsettling: Kono should be an electrifying discovery for English-speaking lovers of short fiction * Kirkus *Reminiscent of Flannery OConnors works, Konos stories explore the dark, terrifying side of human nature that manifests itself in antisocial behaviour * World Literature Today * Long Description An immeasurably influential female voice in post-war Japanese literature, Kono writes with a strange and disorienting beauty: her tales are marked by disquieting scenes, her characters all teetering on the brink of self-destruction. In the famous title story, the protagonist loathes young girls but compulsively buys expensive clothes for little boys so that she can watch them dress and undress. Taeko Konos detached gaze at these events is transfixing: What are we hunting for? And why? Kono rarely gives the reader straightforward answers, rather reflecting, subverting and examining their expectations, both of what women are capable of, and of the narrative form itself. Review Quote There are resonances here with Tanizaki, but Konos subversions feel somehow scarier, in part because of her deadpan prose and in part because she strikes at sacred paradigms of motherhood and femininity Promotional "Headline" A captivating collection of pitch-black tales from one of the most important Japanese writers of the second half of the twentieth century – shocking, ominous, and subversive The Paris Review Details ISBN1474619207 Author Sayaka Murata Format Paperback Series W&N Essentials Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 1474619207 ISBN-13 9781474619202 Imprint Weidenfeld & Nicolson DEWEY 895.635 UK Release Date 2021-04-29 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Subtitle With an introduction by Sayaka Murata Pages 288 Publisher Orion Publishing Co Publication Date 2021-04-29 Audience General NZ Release Date 2021-04-26 AU Release Date 2021-04-26 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items – you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:131766662;

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