02082cam a22003737i 4500 21687615 MeVbMML 20220414165756.0 200312s2020 enk 000 1 eng 2020467832 9781846276989 (paperback) 9781846276996 (paperback) 1846276985 (paperback) (OCoLC)on1160167052 AU@ eng AU@ rda NZAUC DLC eng jpn lccopycat PL855.A859 A2 2020 Kawakami, Hiromi, 1958- author. 10507 Short stories. Selections. English People from my neighbourhood / Hiromi Kawakami ; translated from the Japanese by Ted Goossen. London : Granta Books, 2020. 121 pages ; 18 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "Take a story and shrink it. Make it tiny, so small it can fit in the palm of your hand. Carry the story with you everywhere, let it sit with you while you eat, let it watch you while you sleep. Keep it safe, you never know when you might need it. In Kawakami's super short 'palm of the hand' stories the world is never quite as it should be: a small child lives under a sheet near his neighbour's house for thirty years; an apartment block leaves its visitors with strange afflictions, from fast-growing beards to an ability to channel the voices of the dead; an old man has two shadows, one docile, the other rebellious; two girls named Yoko are locked in a bitter rivalry to the death. Small but great, you'll find great delight spending time with the people in this neighbourhood."--Provided by publisher. Neighbors Fiction. 5940 Goossen, Ted, translator. 10508 7 cbc copycat 3 ncip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BOOK 28156 28156 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ PB 2022-04-14 7.99 0 PB KAWA 63556 2022-04-14 2022-04-14 BOOK 1