The Apprenticeship of Big Toe P: A Novel
"With pleasure as her scalpel, Rieko Matsuura opens up a world all her own, that no one else can ever hope to imitate. She has one enduring theme. And that theme is love." --Natsuo Kirino, author of Out"Matsuura's cult classic is finally available to readers of English, and we've been missing a treasure. This adventure fable explores sex, gender and the erotic with seditious lucidity and a soaring imagination that examines the whole absurd concoction from unexpected angles. It is enchanting, hilarious, and genuinely poignant." --Katherine Dunn, author of Geek Love"Matsuura's imagination is limitless." --The World"Delving boldly into the kind of magical realism employed regularly by her compatriot Haruki Murakami, Matsuura has a more grounded, Kafka-esque interest in the practical (rather than supernatural or spiritual) implications..." --Publishers WeeklyOnline