{"product_id":"people-from-my-neighbourhood-by-hiromi-kawakami","title":"'People From My Neighbourhood' by Hiromi Kawakami","description":"\u003ch4 data-end=\"723\" data-start=\"100\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-end=\"214\" data-start=\"184\"\u003ePeople From My Neighbourhood\u003c\/em\u003e is composed of dozens of miniature stories—some barely a page long—that accumulate into the portrait of an unnamed community where everyday life continually slips sideways.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-end=\"723\" data-start=\"100\"\u003eChildren disappear into folklore, neighbours transform without explanation, rumours acquire the force of history, and the familiar streets begin to feel governed by dream logic rather than social realism. It's a beautiful little mosaic novel, where each fragment subtly reshapes the meaning of the last.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1413\" data-start=\"725\"\u003eIt showcases the qualities that have made Kawakami one of Japan's most distinctive contemporary writers: an effortless movement between fable, comedy and melancholy, and a refusal to separate the magical from the mundane. Ted Goossen's translation preserves the deceptive simplicity of her prose, allowing the strange to emerge without fanfare. It is an ideal book for readers of Yōko Ogawa, Yuri Herrera or Leonora Carrington, and for anyone interested in fiction that trusts implication more than explanation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1488\" data-start=\"1440\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst UK edition, Granta Books, 2020. Near fine condition. Binding is firm, pages are clean and unmarked, with only very light shelf wear to the boards and a faint crease to the dust jacket.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45842930171987,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-07-20T090355.827.png?v=1784502260","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/people-from-my-neighbourhood-by-hiromi-kawakami","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}