Weasels in the Attic
By Hiroko Oyamada
Translated by David Boyd
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 Atticis an uncanny and striking reflection on fertility, masculinity, and marriage in contemporary Japan.
- ISBN:
- 9781783789757
- Format:
- Hardback
- Pages:
- 80
- Published:
- Publisher:
- Granta Books
- Imprint:
- Granta Books
- Weight:
- 172 g