{"product_id":"9781911284383","title":"Where The Wild Ladies Are","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Matsuda, Aoko, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 13\/02\/2020,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Tilted Axis Press,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Tilted Axis Press,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Myth \u0026amp; legend told as fiction\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781911284383\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this witty and exuberant collection of feminist retellings of traditional Japanese folktales, humans live side by side with spirits who provide a variety of useful services - from truth-telling to babysitting, from protecting castles to fighting crime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35023099035801,"sku":"9781911284383","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781911284383_9ba32467-7375-4228-8132-0c0687c41082.jpg?v=1601407138","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781911284383","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}