The Woman with the Flying Head and Other Stories

by Yumiko Kurahashi

Book Overview

This is an English-language anthology dedicated to the short stories of Kurahashi Yumiko (1935-), a Japanese novelist of profound intellectual powers. The eleven stories included in this volume suggest the breadth of the author's literary production, ranging from parodies of classical Japanese literature to cosmopolitan avant-garde works, from quasi-autobiography to science fiction. Her subversive fiction defies established definitions of "literature",...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765601583
• ISBN13: 9780765601582
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Surreal, sexy, feminist stories.

Shape shifting, pet protagonists in sexual situations with humans, time and gender travel all make this an enthralling collection. It may genuinely frighten, but never fails to stimulate the imagination. Though the Japanese orientation is always explicit, including references to well-known Noh figures and plays, the universality of the author's observations is unfailing. Worth a read by writers and dreamers, of any sex.