num_pages: 180
description: From the author of Kitchen and N.P. comes a collection of short stories that explore themes of time, healing and fate—and how urban, sophisticated, independent young women and men come to terms with them. "Ms. Yoshimoto's writing is lucid, earnest and disarming..." says The New York Times.
language: English
title: Lizard
titlecomplete: Lizard
genres: Asian Literature, Fiction, Magical Realism, Japan, Contemporary, Japanese Literature, Asia, Literature, Short Stories, Novels
ratings_count: 8299
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: Grove Press