Aoko Matsuda

En esta colección deliciosamente misteriosa de cuentos populares japoneses, los humanos conviven con espíritus que los ayudan en su día a día, desde cuidar niños hasta proteger castillos o combatir el crimen.Aoko Matsuda toma la rica tradicion milenaria de las historias populares de fantasmas y las reinventa por completo, construyendo un mundo en el que los humanos son consolados, guiados, desafiados y transformados por las fuerzas, a veces apenas visibles, que los rodean. Narraciones feministas en las que los celos, el resentimiento, la ira y otras excesivas pasiones humanas no son reprimidas sino cultivadas y celebradas.

FEMINIST TALES FROM JAPAN BY THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF WHERE THE WILD LADIES ARE Piercing inventive and darkly humorous the fifty two stories in Aoko Matsuda s The Woman Dies explore the persistent and pervasive sexism faced by women in modern day Japan The normalization of violence against women on screen and in the media is confronted in the story The Woman Dies while others invest inanimate objects with their own perspectives examine the aesthetics of technology and use clever wordplay to riff off the absurdity of contemporary life Masterfully translated by Polly Barton the translator of Asako Yuzuki s Butter The Woman Dies is more than a simple thrill ride Blending humour surrealism and sharp social critique it s a vast multifaceted theme park of ideas by one of Japan s most exciting writers Praise for Where the Wild Ladies Are a Time magazine Best Book of 2022 Delightfully uncanny Matsuda s retellings are feminist with a vengeance New York Times Book Review Funny beautiful surreal and relatable this is a phenomenal book The Guardian Softly electrifying The Atlantic Delightful sharp poignant Literary Hub

In this witty and exuberant collection of feminist retellings of traditional Japanese folktales, humans live side by side with spirits who provide a variety of useful services--from truth-telling to babysitting, from protecting castles to fighting crime.A busybody aunt who disapproves of hair removal; a pair of door-to-door saleswomen hawking portable lanterns; a cheerful lover who visits every night to take a luxurious bath; a silent house-caller who babysits and cleans while a single mother is out working. Where the Wild Ladies Are is populated by these and many other spirited womenwho also happen to be ghosts. This is a realm in which jealousy, stubbornness, and other excessive feminine passions are not to be feared or suppressed, but rather cultivated; and, chances are, a man named Mr. Tei will notice your talents and recruit you, dead or alive (preferably dead), to join his mysterious company.In this witty and exuberant collection of linked stories, Aoko Matsuda takes the rich, millenia-old tradition of Japanese folktalesshapeshifting wives and foxes, magical trees and wellsand wholly reinvents them, presenting a world in which humans are consoled, guided, challenged, and transformed by the only sometimes visible forces that surround them.

Witty, inventive, and profound, Where the Wild Ladies Are is a contemporary feminist retelling of traditional ghost stories by one of Japans most exciting writers.In a company run by the mysterious Mr Tei, strange things are afoot incense sticks lead to a surprise encounter; a young man reflects on his mothers death; a foxlike woman finally finds her true calling. As female ghosts appear in unexpected guises, their gently humorous encounters with unsuspecting humans lead to deeper questions about emancipation and recent changes in Japanese womens lives.

Witty, inventive, and profound, Where the Wild Ladies Are is a contemporary feminist retelling of traditional ghost stories by one of Japans most exciting writers.In a company run by the mysterious Mr Tei, strange things are afoot incense sticks lead to a surprise encounter; a young man reflects on his mothers death; a foxlike woman finally finds her true calling. As female ghosts appear in unexpected guises, their gently humorous encounters with unsuspecting humans lead to deeper questions about emancipation and recent changes in Japanese womens lives.