Asleep

By: Banana Yoshimoto, Michael Emmerich (Translator)

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Paperback | 4 August 2026 | Edition Number 1

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192 Pages

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17 x 12 x 2

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An enchanting book from the bestselling author of Kitchen: three love stories each sly and mystical as a ghost story.

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF KITCHEN

'Enchanting.' TIME OUT

'The literary equivalent of a lo-fi playlist.' JAPAN TIMES

'Sensitive, refined and graceful.' i-D

[Yoshimoto] is the supreme poet of solitude.' SPECTATOR

Mourning her lost lover, a woman finds herself sleepwalking at night.

Another woman, in the midst of an affair with a man whose wife is in a coma, finds herself suddenly unable to stay awake.

And a third woman finds her dreams haunted by an old rival in love.

Across the nocturnal lives of these three women, Banana Yoshimoto weaves an enchanting ghost story, with a touch of Kafkaesque surrealism.

About the Author

Banana Yoshimoto is the prize-winning and internationally bestselling author of many works of fiction, including Kitchen, Goodbye Tsugumi and The Premonition. Her work has been translated in over thirty countries. She lives in Tokyo.

Industry Reviews

'Yoshimoto's writing is lucid, earnest and disarming, as emotionally observant as Jane Smiley's, as fluently readable as Anne Tyler's.' New York Times

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