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) .A bossy child who lives under a white cloth near a tree; a schoolgirl who keeps doll's brains in a desk drawer; an old man with two shadows, one docile and one rebellious; a diplomat no one has ever seen who goes fishing at an artificial lake no one has ever heard of. These are some of the inhabitants of People from My Neighborhood. In their lives, details of the local and everyday - the lunch menu at a tiny drinking place called the Love, the color and shape of the roof of the tax office - slip into accounts of duels, prophetic dreams, revolutions, and visitations from ghosts and gods. In twenty-six "palm of the hand" stories - fictions small enough to fit in the palm of one's hand and brief enough to allow for dipping in and out - Hiromi Kawakami creates a universe ruled by mystery and transformation.
About the Author
Kawakami Hiromi () born April 1, 1958, is a Japanese writer known for her off-beat fiction. Born in Tokyo, Kawakami graduated from Ochanomizu Women's College in 1980. She made her debut as "Yamada Hiromi" in NW-SF No. 16, edited by Yamano Koichi and Yamada Kazuko, in 1980 with the story ("Diptera") , and also helped edit some early issues of NW-SF in the 1970s. She reinvented herself as a writer and wrote her first book, a collection of short stories entitled ) published in 1994. Her novel ) is a love story between a woman in her thirties and a man in his sixties. She is also known as a literary critic and a provocative essayist. (from Wikipedia)
