People from My Neighbourhood

128 pages

English language

Published July 15, 2020 by Granta Books.

ISBN:
9781846276989

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4 stars (1 review)

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4 stars

Brilliant, uncanny and imaginative storytelling of a neighbourhood and its strange characters (both human and nonhuman). Each chapter is about a specific character from an area in Tokyo. The stories are very short vignettes (about 3 pages on average) and they immerse themselves in the bizarre, from a school made of sweets to a battle of imagination between two fiercely powerful minds. The stories are all the more lifelike for their disconnection from a typical reality, and are both funny and fun. Brilliant writing.