Garden

About this book

From the author of The Hole and The Factory, a collection of strange and wonderful tales of humans, animals, and plants Crabs scurrying over a landfill. Huge tadpoles writhing in a pond. A gecko stuck to the window. A sudden invasion of ants. Nature mysteriously creeps in and overruns the realm of humans in this stunning collection of stories. Hiroko Oyamada masterfully conveys the sense that seemingly stable and ordinary people are cracking at the edges, that a surreal encounter with an animal can change the entire course of one’s life, that an obscure local ritual can have profound consequences. In these fifteen stories we find young couples navigating pregnancies, toddlers, and in-laws; men and women returning to their childhood homes to rediscover the enigmatic traditions they’d left behind; and children who plumb dreamlike riddles in the natural world.

Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN-13

9780811230575

Publisher

New Directions Publishing Corporation

Published

September 29, 2026

Pages

288

Weight

8.8 oz

Subject

Fiction