Asleep
by Banana Yoshimoto
Taste attributes: dramapsychologicalromancefantasyslowfresh & originalglossyenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiptroubled leadssolving the riddle/not as it seems
Boxlist takeExpect a moving, glossy novel, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like polish over grit.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.4 / 5
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About This Book
Already an international bestseller, "Asleep" comprises three novellas of women bewitched into a spiritual sleep. One, mourning a lost lover, finds herself sleepwalking. Another, who has embarked on a relationship with a man whose wife is in a coma, finds herself suddenly unable to stay awake. And a third finds her sleep haunted by a woman she was once pitted against in a love triangle.
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- Author
- Banana Yoshimoto
- Published
- 1989
- Pages
- 178
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- Open Library
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