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People from my neighbourhood

Paperback • 2020 • English • 1. edition

People from my neighbourhood

By Hiromi Kawakami

1 Ratings • 4.0 of 5

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About the book

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-grow...Show more

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Short stories

Book details

ISBN

9781846276989

Publisher

Granta books

Published year

2020

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

People from my neighbourhood

Format

Paperback

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