Naoko Higashi

The Soul-Catchers (eBook, ePUB)

Übersetzer: North, Lucy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Discover the charming, moving literary gem for fans of Banana Yoshimoto and Kawaguchi's BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD

What if you could come back after death to watch over your loved one, installing yourself in a treasured mug, for example, or perhaps your mother's hearing aid, a diary, or even a climbing frame, to be clambered over by the younger sister you will never meet?

Eleven recently deceased protagonists find themselves floating in the afterlife where a nameless ghost offers them one last chance to spend time with their loved ones.

But not as you would expect.

In a world where souls roam restlessly around after death, unwilling to depart, The Soul-Catchers is a soothing, witty, and surprisingly sensual take on the Japanese folk belief that objects can be inhabited by human presences. Equal parts charming, profound, immensely moving, Higashi's powerful classic is an astonishing and original exploration of our eternal need for comfort and connection.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Transworld
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2026
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781529959024
• Artikelnr.: 73629230

Autorenporträt

Naoko Higashi (Author)
Naoko Higashi (1963-) is a multi-award-winning Japanese poet, novelist, children's writer, and screenwriter. She is best known for her work in the Japanese tanka poetry form. Her fictional work includes The House in the Forest of Threads, which won the 31st Tsubota Joji Literature Award, and was subsequently made into a television drama. The Soul-Catchers was made into a movie in 2021. Her most recent work is The Flannel's Thread. Meet her on Instagram: @Higashinaokoh

Lucy North (Translator)
Lucy North is a British translator of Japanese fiction and non-fiction. Her translations include Toddler Hunting and Other Stories by Taeko Kono, The Woman in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura, and Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi. Her work has appeared in Granta, Words Without Borders, and The Southern Review, and in several anthologies including The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature and Found in Translation: 100 of the Finest Short Stories Ever Translated.