Asleep by Banana Yoshimoto


Asleep by Banana Yoshimoto

What can I say, Banana does it again! In three short stories, she manages to capture three women's stories in the entanglement of the simple act of sleeping, love, and of death:

  • a sleepwalker because of a death of lover
  • one haunted by the ghost/memory of a former lover's other girlfriend
  • one who does nothing but sleep because her lover's husband is in a coma. 
Each is written in sparse yet beautiful prose. Each story is a gem with Banana's trademark otherworldliness.


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