Asleep

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By (author) Banana Yoshimoto; By (author) Yoshimoto, Banana

Short /annotation:
Banana Yoshimoto has a magical ability to animate the lives of her young characters, and here she spins the stories of three women, all bewitched into a spiritual sleep. Another, who has embarked on a relationship with a man whose wife is in a coma, finds herself suddenly unable to stay awake.

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Banana Yoshimoto has a magical ability to animate the lives of her young characters, and here she spins the stories of three women, all bewitched into a spiritual sleep. Another, who has embarked on a relationship with a man whose wife is in a coma, finds herself suddenly unable to stay awake.

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Banana Yoshimoto has a magical ability to animate the lives of her young characters, and here she spins the stories of three women, all bewitched into a spiritual sleep. One, mourning a lost lover, finds herself sleepwalking at night. Another, who has embarked on a relationship with a man whose wife is in a coma, finds herself suddenly unable to stay awake.A third finds her sleep haunted by another woman whom she was once pitted against in a love triangle. Sly and mystical as a ghost story, with a touch of Kafkaesque surrealism, Asleep is an enchanting book from one of the best writers in contemporary international fiction.

Review quote:
”Yoshimoto”s writing is lucid, earnest and disarming, as emotionally observant as Jane Smiley”s, as fluently readable as Anne Tyler”s.” New York Times

Biographical note:
Banana Yoshimoto was born in 1964.She is the author of Kitchen, N.P., Lizard, Amrita, Asleep and Goodbye Tsugumi.Her writing has won numerous prizes around the world.

Promotional headline:
Banana Yoshimoto”s Asleep is an enchanting book, three love stories each sly and mystical as a ghost story, and with a touch of a Kafkaesque surrealism.