description: From Publishers WeeklyA set of postmodern stories from young Japanese novelist Yoshimoto, blending urban anomie with themes of spiritual awakening. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. From Library JournalEnormously popular in Japan, Yoshimoto has gained an American audience with her hip novels Kitchen (LJ 12/92) and NP (LJ 1/94). Her first collection of short stories will appeal strongly to "X-ers." Articulate and young but already jaded and wistful urbanites populate these reflective tales of relationships and discovery. Lacking faith, hope, and a substantive cultural context, the protagonists compensate with self-scrutiny and emotional intrigue. Sometimes they stumble upon magic, as in the figure of the enigmatic healer Lizard or a trenchant shape shifter on a commuter train. Unfortunately, between writing and translation, Yoshimoto's concepts consistently outshine her execution; facile descriptions and narratorial overinterpretation weigh down these thoughtful stories. For young adult and fiction collections.Janet Ingraham, Worthington P.L, OhioCopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. 内容（「BOOK」データベースより）私の衝動的なプロポーズに対して、長い沈黙の後とかげはこう言った。「秘密があるの」―。幼い頃遭遇したある事件がもとで、長い間目の見えなかったことのあるとかげ。そのとかげにどうしようもなく惹かれてゆく私。心に刻まれた痛みを抱えながら生きてきたカップルの再生の物語「とかげ」。運命的な出会いと別れの中に、ゆるやかな癒しの時間が流れる6編のショート・ストーリー。
title: とかげ　
titlecomplete: とかげ　(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: 新潮社