Life ceremony

Murata, Sayaka

£9.99

From the author of international bestseller Convenience Store Woman comes a collection of weird, out of this world short fiction. An engaged couple falls out over the husband’s dislike of clothes and objects made from human materials; a young girl finds herself deeply enamoured with the curtain in her childhood bedroom; people honour their dead by eating them and then procreating. Published in English for the first time, this edition also includes the story that first brought Sayaka Murata international acclaim: ‘A Clean Marriage’, which tells the story of a happily asexual couple who must submit to some radical medical procedures if they are to conceive a child. Mixing taboo-breaking body horror with feminist revenge fables, Life Ceremony is a wild ride to the outer edges of one of the most original minds in contemporary fiction.

Out of stock

Publish Date: 04/05/2023
ISBN: 9781783787388 Category: Tags: ,

Description

From the author of international bestseller Convenience Store Woman comes a collection of short fiction: weird, out of this world and like nothing you’ve read before.An engaged couple falls out over the husband’s dislike of clothes and objects made from human materials; a young girl finds herself deeply enamoured with the curtain in her childhood bedroom; people honour their dead by eating them and then procreating. Published in English for the first time, this exclusive edition also includes the story that first brought Sayaka Murata international acclaim: ‘A Clean Marriage’, which tells the story of a happily asexual couple who must submit to some radical medical procedures if they are to conceive a longed-for child.Mixing taboo-breaking body horror with feminist revenge fables, old ladies who love each other and young women finding empathy and transformation in unlikely places, Life Ceremony is a wild ride to the outer edges of one of the most original minds in contemporary fiction.

Additional information

Weight 192 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 16 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

266

Language

English

Edition

1st paperback ed

Dewey

895.636 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K