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| Publisher | Stone Bridge Press |
| ISBN 13 | 9781611720518 |
| ISBN 10 | 1611720516 |
| Author | Mieko Kanai |
| Language | English |
| Book Description | A deeply eccentric novel about lives and connections-and a cat of course-in 1980s Tokyo: witty, offbeat, and strangely profound. |
| About the Author | "[Mieko Kanai is] not interested in describing objects; she wants to accentuate their amorphous nature."--Sofia Samatar, Paris Review“Kanai's stories remind me of Italo Calvino or Jorge Luis Borges, with their stylistically vague flatness yet strong character-driven underpinnings… I highly recommended them and look forward to more.”―Todd Shimoda, Asian Review of BooksReviews of Oh, Tama!“A comic masterpiece in a brilliant translation that captures the verbal acrobatics of the original with wit and warmth. Oh, Tama! made me laugh so much people were staring at me in the subway. One of the funniest books I have ever read.”―Janine Beichman, recipient, National Endowment for the Arts Literature Translation Fellowship, 2018-2019 and Translator of Ōoka Makoto, Beneath the Sleepless Tossing of the Planets“Oh, Tama! is a zany sendup of family life, featuring a pregnant cat, an absent though pregnant bar owner, a freelance photographer, and assorted semi-relatives who drop by to cuddle the cat and strain the photographer’s hospitality. |
| Publication Date | 2019-04-23 |
| Number of Pages | 184 pages |
Oh, Tama!: A Mejiro Novel
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