{"product_id":"9781593766900","title":"Where the Wild Ladies Are","description":"By: Aoko Matsuda     \u003chr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this \"delightfully uncanny\" collection of feminist retellings of traditional Japanese folktales (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e), humans live side by side with spirits who provide a variety of useful services—from truth-telling to babysitting, from protecting castles to fighting crime.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA busybody aunt who disapproves of hair removal; a pair of door-to-door saleswomen hawking portable lanterns; a cheerful lover who visits every night to take a luxurious bath; a silent house-caller who babysits and cleans while a single mother is out working. \u003ci\u003eWhere the Wild Ladies Are\u003c\/i\u003e is populated by these and many other spirited women—who also happen to be ghosts. This is a realm in which jealousy, stubbornness, and other excessive “feminine” passions are not to be feared or suppressed, but rather cultivated; and, chances are, a man named Mr. Tei will notice your talents and recruit you, dead or alive (preferably dead), to join his mysterious company.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eWhere the Wild Ladies Are\u003c\/i\u003e, Aoko Matsuda takes the rich, millenia-old tradition of Japanese folktales—shapeshifting wives and foxes, magical trees and wells—and wholly reinvents them, presenting a world in which humans are consoled, guided, challenged, and transformed by the only sometimes visible forces that surround them.","brand":"Soft Skull","offers":[{"title":"US - Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":46770986090723,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9781593766900","price":109.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9781593766900.jpg?v=1751455541","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/zh-mo\/products\/9781593766900","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}