A UK debut from a fresh, prize-winning talent, this quietly surreal novel is perfect for fans of Sayaka Murata and Mieko KawakamiTwo 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.
Fiction
Weasels in the Attic
£9.99
by Oyamada, Hiroko | Unclassified
Published 03/08/2023 by GRANTA BOOKS in the United Kingdom
Paperback | 80 pages
SKU: 9781783789764
Category: Fiction
Weight | 0.066 kg |
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