{"product_id":"asleep-banana-yoshimoto-9780802138200","title":"Asleep","description":"Demonstrating again the artful simplicity and depth of her vision, Banana Yoshimoto reestablishes her place as a writer of international stature in a book that may be her most delightful since \u003ci\u003eKitchen.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAsleep, \u003c\/i\u003e Yoshimoto spins the stories of three young women bewitched into a spiritual sleep. One, mourning for a lost lover, finds herself sleepwalking at night. Another, who has embarked on a relationship with a man whose wife is in a coma, finds herself suddenly unable to stay awake. A third finds her sleep haunted by a woman against whom she was once pitted in a love triangle. Sly and mystical as a ghost story, with a touch of Kafkaesque surrealism, \u003ci\u003eAsleep\u003c\/i\u003e is an enchanting new book from one of the best writers in contemporary international fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Banana Yoshimoto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802138209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802138200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/12\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.27h x 5.00w x 0.51d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/24\/2001 pg. 129\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/23\/2001 pg. 28","brand":"Banana Yoshimoto","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049712218367,"sku":"9780802138200","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_81578320-971b-4fda-8698-787fb7a67496.jpg?v=1685003050","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/asleep-banana-yoshimoto-9780802138200","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}