Description
In three luminous novellas, a trio of young women find themselves drawn into an uncanny, spiritual sleep—an experience that blurs the boundary between the everyday and the otherworldly. As their lives pause and their perceptions shift, the stories unfold with sly mysticism and a quietly Kafkaesque sense of the inexplicable, turning ordinary rooms and routines into portals of dread and wonder. With each awakening—or refusal to awaken—Yoshimoto explores longing, vulnerability, and the strange comfort of surrender, asking what it means to rest when the mind and spirit refuse to stay awake. Woven with her signature tenderness and dreamlike clarity, this enchanting collection is both a ghostly meditation and a surreal journey into the hidden logic of desire and fear.
Available Editions
paperback
Grove Press
Published Aug 9, 2001
192 pages
ISBN: 9780802138200
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Details
First Published
2000
Language
eng
Translation
From: jpn
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Asleep by Banana Yoshimoto.