


Certainly the style will remind readers of the Japanese authors Banana Yoshimoto and Sayaka Murata, but the stories themselves-and the logic, or lack thereof, within their sentences-are reminiscent, at least to this reader, of Joy Williams and Rivka Galchen and George Saunders." -Weike Wang, The New York Times Book ReviewĪ housewife takes up bodybuilding and sees radical changes to her physique, which her workaholic husband fails to notice. "In Yukiko Motoya's delightful new story collection, the familiar becomes unfamiliar.

Winner of the Akutagawa Prize and the Kenzaburo Oe Prize A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Author(s): Yukiko Motoya Asa Yoneda (Translator)
