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Where the Wild Ladies Are
Written by Aoko Matsuda
Narrated by Sarah Skaer
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About this audiobook
In this witty and exuberant collection of feminist retellings of traditional Japanese folktales, humans live side by side with spirits who provide a variety of services.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherDreamscape Media
TranslatorPolly Barton
Release dateFeb 22, 2021
ISBN9781666546699
Author
Aoko Matsuda
Aoko Matsuda is a writer and translator. In 2013, her debut book, Stackable, was nominated for the Yukio Mishima Prize and the Noma Literary New Face Prize. Her novella The Girl Who Is Getting Married was published by Strangers Press in the UK in 2016. In 2019, her short story “The Woman Dies” was shortlisted for a Shirley Jackson Award. She has translated work by Karen Russell, Amelia Gray, and Carmen Maria Machado into Japanese.
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