TY  - BOOK
AU  - Matsuda,Aoko
AU  - Barton,Polly
TI  - Where the wild ladies are
SN  - 9781593766900
PY  - 2020///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Soft Skull Press
KW  - Matsuda, Aoko,
KW  - Magic
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Japan
KW  - Short stories
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Linked stories
KW  - Folk tales
KW  - Mythological fiction
KW  - Paranormal fiction
N1  - Smartening up --; The; peony lanterns --; My superpower --; Quite a catch --; The; jealous type --; Where the wild ladies are --; Loved one --; A; fox's life --; What she can do --; Enoki --; Silently burning --; A; new recruit --; Team Sarashina --; A; day off --; Having a blast --; The; missing one --; On high
N2  - "In this witty and exuberant collection of linked stories, Aoko Matsuda takes the rich, millenia-old tradition of Japanese folktales-shapeshifting wives and foxes, magical trees and wells-and wholly reinvents them, presenting a world in which humans are consoled, guided, challenged, and transformed by the only sometimes visible forces that surround them. A busybody aunt who disapproves of hair removal; a pair of door-to-door saleswomen hawking portable lanterns; a cheerful lover who visits every night to take a luxurious bath; a silent house-caller who babysits and cleans while a single mother is out working. Where the Wild Ladies Are is populated by these and many other spirited women-who also happen to be ghosts. This is a realm in which jealousy, stubbornness, and other excessive "feminine" passions are not to be feared or suppressed, but rather cultivated; and, chances are, a man named Mr. Tei will notice your talents and recruit you, dead or alive (preferably dead), to join his mysterious company."--
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