eriol reads books reviewed Weasels in the Attic by Hiroko Oyamada
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4 stars
Nicely paced short story that's hard to put down!
Hiroko Oyamada, David Boyd: Weasels in the Attic (2022, Norton & Company Limited, W. W.)
English language
Published Oct. 4, 2022 by Norton & Company Limited, W. W..
Nicely paced short story that's hard to put down!
Originally published individually between 2012-2014, these three short stories titled "Death in the Family," "The Last of the Weasels," and "Yukiko" feature a couple struggling to have a child. This struggle is figured and explored in three strange dinner parties with friends and acquaintances. As with Oyamada's other stories, animals have great significance for the humans , but in these the there are more metaphors than actual transformations. As always, you can never guess where Oyamada's storytelling is taking you.