Yukiko Motoya

San dejó de trabajar después de su boda. Un día observa con cierta alarma que su cara y la de su marido se parecen cada vez más. El marido, que proclama no querer «pensar en nada cuando está en casa

Published in the US as The Lonesome Bodybuilder Winner of the Akutagawa Prize and the Kenzaburo Oe Prize. 'These arresting, hyper-real stories linger in the imagination . . . By the first few sentences, you know you're hearing the voice of a remarkable writer; by the end of [the story] "An Exotic Marriage", you're certain that Yukiko Motoya's shivery, murmuring voice will never completely leave you' Financial Times 'Delightful . . . Fun and funny . . . The style will remind readers of the Japanese authors Banana Yoshimoto and Sayaka Murata, but the stories themselves . . . are reminiscent, at least to this reader, of Joy Williams and Rivka Galchen and George Saunders' The New York Times Book Review A housewife takes up bodybuilding and sees radical changes to her physique - which her workaholic husband fails to notice. A boy waits at a bus stop, mocking businessmen struggling to keep their umbrellas open in a typhoon - until an old man shows him that they hold the secret to flying. A woman working in a clothing boutique waits endlessly on a customer who won't come out of the fitting room - and who may or may not be human. A newly wed notices that her husband's features are beginning to slide around his face - to match her own. In these eleven stories, the individuals who lift the curtains of their orderly homes and workplaces are confronted with the bizarre, the grotesque, the fantastic, the alien - and, through it, find a way to liberation. Winner of the Kenzaburo Oe Prize, Picnic in the Storm (published in the US as The Lonesome Bodybuilder) is the English-language debut of one of Japan's most fearless young writers. 'People around the world have been whispering Motoya's name in my ear. Now she's translated into English!' Gary Shteyngart 'Readers who still enjoy fiction for sheer entertainment should get their hands on these stories' The Japan Times

Depuis quelle a quitté son boulot pour se marier, San sennuie un peu à la maison. Surtout que son mari, à peine rentré le soir, joue les plantes vertes devant la télévision. Parfois San se demande si

Depuis quelle a quitté son boulot pour se marier, San sennuie un peu à la maison. Surtout que son mari, à peine rentré le soir, joue les plantes vertes devant la télévision. Parfois San se demande si

Winner of the Akutagawa Prize and the Kenzaburo Oe PrizeA New York Times Book Review Editors ChoiceIn Yukiko Motoyas delightful new story collection, the familiar becomes unfamiliar . . . Certainly the style will remind readers of the Japanese authors Banana Yoshimoto and Sayaka Murata, but the stories themselves?and the logic, or lack thereof, within their sentences?are reminiscent, at least to this reader, of Joy Williams and Rivka Galchen and George Saunders ?Weike Wang, New York Times Book ReviewA housewife takes up bodybuilding and sees radical changes to her physique - which her workaholic husband fails to notice. A boy waits at a bus stop, mocking businessmen struggling to keep their umbrellas open in a typhoon - until an old man shows him that they hold the secret to flying. A woman working in a clothing boutique waits endlessly on a customer who wont come out of the fitting room - and who may or may not be human. A newlywed notices that her husbands features are beginning to slide around his face - to match her own.In these eleven stories, the individuals who lift the curtains of their orderly homes and workplaces are confronted with the bizarre, the grotesque, the fantastic, the alien - and, through it, find a way to liberation. Winner of the Kenzaburo Oe Prize, Picnic in the Storm is the English-language debut of one of Japans most fearless young writers.

Winner of the Akutagawa Prize and the Kenzaburo Oe Prize, these eleven surreal tales, set in the offices, zoos, bus stops, boutiques, and homes of contemporary Japan "are reminiscent, at least to this reader, of Joy Williams and Rivka Galchen and George Saunders" (Weike Wang, The New York Times Book Review, Editors Choice).In the English-language debut of one of Japans most fearlessly inventive young writers a housewife takes up bodybuilding and sees radical changes to her physique, which her workaholic husband fails to notice. A boy waits at a bus stop, mocking commuters struggling to keep their umbrellas open in a typhoon, until an old man shows him that they hold the secret to flying. A saleswoman in a clothing boutique waits endlessly on a customer who wont come out of the fitting room, and who may or may not be human. A newlywed notices that her spouses features are beginning to slide around his face to match her own.In these eleven stories, the individuals who lift the curtains of their orderly homes and workplaces are confronted with the bizarre, the grotesque, the fantastic, the alien--and find a doorway to liberation.

Selección automáticaEn una distopía futurista, Oshiko está feliz de poder delegar la mayoría de sus decisiones en la tecnología gracias a los chips que lleva insertados en el cuerpo, así no tiene que preocuparse de organizar sus dias, sus comidas o su ocio: el algoritmo lo elige todo en su lugar. Sin embargo, un encuentro casual despierta en ella nuevas preguntas sobre la tecnologia y las comodidades que nos ofrece.Mis eventosSe acerca un brutal tifon y los rios estan a punto de desbordarse, amenazando con inundarlo todo. Katsuyuki esta tranquilo porque vive en una de las ultimas plantas del edificio y, por lo tanto, su casa no sufrira ningun desperfecto, no como la de los vecinos de abajo, unos pobretones que viven todos hacinados. Sin embargo, la mujer de Katsuyuki tiene otros planes para cuando llegue el temporal.

Love at Least is Sylvia Plaths The Bell Jar brought into the fraught, twenty-first century world of Japanese contemporariesTwenty-five-year-old Yasuko has been living with her kind but apathetic boyfriend Tsunaki for three years. During this time, she has suffered waves of depression and hypersomnia, staying in bed for days on end, mired in ennui.Taking over some of the house chores when Tsunaki begins working longer hours, hoping to break out of her rut, turns into a disaster. An attempt at cooking dinner ends with her sobbing in a pitch-black hallway, groping around for the tripped circuit breaker. Desperate to be functional, Yasuko lands a part-time job at a restaurant where, for the first time, she experiences a warm, family-like environment. But when the care from her coworkers eventually suffocates her, her manic-depression returns, and she storms out of the restaurant. Confronting her brokenness, she questions what she has been afraid to face and asks Tsunaki: Why is he with her? Radical, comical, and energetic, Love at Least is a sincere and compelling story of young love.

San dejó de trabajar después de su boda. Un día observa con cierta alarma que su cara y la de su marido se parecen cada vez más. El marido, que proclama no querer «pensar en nada cuando está en casa»

San dejó de trabajar después de su boda. Un día observa con cierta alarma que su cara y la de su marido se parecen cada vez más. El marido, que proclama no querer «pensar en nada cuando está en casa»

Selección automáticaEn una distopía futurista, Oshiko está feliz de poder delegar la mayoría de sus decisiones en la tecnología gracias a los chips que lleva insertados en el cuerpo, así no tiene que preocuparse de organizar sus dias, sus comidas o su ocio: el algoritmo lo elige todo en su lugar. Sin embargo, un encuentro casual despierta en ella nuevas preguntas sobre la tecnologia y las comodidades que nos ofrece.Mis eventosSe acerca un brutal tifon y los rios estan a punto de desbordarse, amenazando con inundarlo todo. Katsuyuki esta tranquilo porque vive en una de las ultimas plantas del edificio y, por lo tanto, su casa no sufrira ningun desperfecto, no como la de los vecinos de abajo, unos pobretones que viven todos hacinados. Sin embargo, la mujer de Katsuyuki tiene otros planes para cuando llegue el temporal.

Selección automática: En una distopía futurista, Oshiko está feliz de poder delegar la mayoría de sus decisiones en la tecnología gracias a los chips que lleva insertados en el cuerpo, así no tiene que preocuparse de organizar sus dias, sus comidas o su ocio: el algoritmo lo elige todo en su lugar. Sin embargo, un encuentro casual despierta en ella nuevas preguntas sobre la tecnologia y las comodidades que nos ofrece. Mis eventos: Se acerca un brutal tifon y los rios estan a punto de desbordarse, amenazando con inundarlo todo. Katsuyuki esta tranquilo porque vive en una de las ultimas plantas del edificio y, por lo tanto, su casa no sufrira ningun desperfecto, no como la de los vecinos de abajo, unos pobretones que viven todos hacinados. Sin embargo, la mujer de Katsuyuki tiene otros planes para cuando llegue el temporal.