A Souvenir of Japan

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An Englishwoman muses on her affair with a younger Japanese man. A spurned lover seeks intimacy in another chance encounter. A boy stumbles upon a mirror world while walking in the woods. In five mesmerising, fantastical tales of 1970s Japan, Angela Carter explores what it means to arrive in a world different from one’s own, and to transform profoundly – sometimes terrifyingly – in the process.

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Five stories of desire and discovery set in 1970s Japan, from weird fiction’s most influential pioneer – Angela Carter

An Englishwoman muses on her affair with a younger Japanese man. A spurned lover seeks intimacy in another chance encounter. A boy stumbles upon a mirror world while walking in the woods. In five mesmerising, fantastical tales of 1970s Japan, Angela Carter explores what it means to arrive in a world different from one’s own, and to transform profoundly – sometimes terrifyingly – in the process.

BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days

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Weight 96 g
Dimensions 19.7 × 13 × 1 cm
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Cover

Paperback
Pages

112
Language

English
Edition

|Short stories
Dewey

823.914 (edition:23)
Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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