The lonesome bodybuilder : stories
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Contributors
Yoneda, Asa translator.
Published
New York : Soft Skull, 2018.
Format
Book
Edition
First Soft Skull edition.
ISBN
9781593766788 (softcover), 1593766785 (softcover)
Physical Desc
x, 209 pages ; 21 cm
Lexile measure
870L
Status
Central Library - Adult Fiction - Main Level - Fiction Area
MOTOYA, Y
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Published
New York : Soft Skull, 2018.
Edition
First Soft Skull edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781593766788 (softcover), 1593766785 (softcover)
UPC
40028677956
Lexile measure
870

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General Note
"Arashi no Pikunikku © 2012 by Yukiko Motoya and Irui kon'in tan © 2016 by Yukiko Motoya. First published in Japan in 2012, 2016 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo."
Description
"A housewife takes up bodybuilding and sees radical changes to her physique, which her workaholic husband fails to notice. A boy waits at a bus stop, mocking commuters struggling to keep their umbrellas open in a typhoon, until an old man shows him that they hold the secret to flying. A saleswoman in a clothing boutique waits endlessly on a customer who won't come out of the fitting room, and who may or may not be human. A newlywed notices that her spouse's features are beginning to slide around his face to match her own. In these eleven stories, the individuals who lift the curtains of their orderly homes and workplaces are confronted with the bizarre, the grotesque, the fantastic, the alien-and find a doorway to liberation. The English-language debut of one of Japan's most fearlessly inventive young writers."--Back cover.
Target Audience
870L,Lexile

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Motoya, Y., & Yoneda, A. (2018). The lonesome bodybuilder: stories (First Soft Skull edition.). Soft Skull.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Motoya, Yukiko, 1979- and Asa Yoneda. 2018. The Lonesome Bodybuilder: Stories. Soft Skull.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Motoya, Yukiko, 1979- and Asa Yoneda. The Lonesome Bodybuilder: Stories Soft Skull, 2018.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Motoya, Yukiko, and Asa Yoneda. The Lonesome Bodybuilder: Stories First Soft Skull edition., Soft Skull, 2018.

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