life ceremony sayaka murata Book paperback‎

"Twelve engrossing entries that probe intimacy and individuality while turning norms upside down ... Strange and bold." —Time, "New Books You Need to Read This Summer" he incomparable Sayaka Murata, author of the million-copy bestseller Convenience Store Woman, is back with her first collection of short stories ever to be translated into English. Life Ceremony unleashes unforgettable characters from the realms of Murata's otherworldly imagi-nation. These loners and outsiders include a woman foraging for wild plants in urban Tokyo, a sentient curtain named Puff who is in love with the teenage girl whose bedroom it adorns, and a future bride eager to share the realities of her many distinctly fractured personalities with her unknowing fiancé. With unexpected humor and strange, shocking narrative twists, Murata throws the norms of society into sharp relief and shows the great power of those who refuse to fit in.