Author(s): Oyamada, Hiroko, Boyd, David, Binding: Hardback, Date of Publication: 03/11/2022, Pagination: 80 pages, Series: N/A, Imprint: Granta Books, Published By: GRANTA BOOKS , Book Classification: Japan, Dimensions: 198 x 129 ISBN13/EAN/SKU: 9781783789757
A UK debut from a fresh, prize-winning talent, this quietly surreal novel is perfect for fans of Sayaka Murata and Mieko Kawakami--Two friends meet across three dinners. In the back room of a pet shop, they snack on dried shrimps and discuss fish-breeding. In a remote new home in the mountains, they look for a solution to a weasel infestation. During a dinner party in a blizzard, a mounting claustrophobia makes way for uneasy dreams. Their conversations often take them in surprising directions, but when one of the men becomes a father, more and more is left unsaid. With emotional acuity and a wry humour, Weasels in the Attic it is an uncanny and striking reflection on fertility, masculinity, and marriage in contemporary Japan.
--'Oyamada is in complete control of her talent... A writer flexing their muscles and preparing for something truly profound' - Japan Times
