{"product_id":"where-the-wild-ladies-are","title":"Where the Wild Ladies Are","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eWhere the Wild Ladies Are\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eAoko Matsuda\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781593766900\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSoft Skull\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2020\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e288\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this \"delightfully uncanny\" collection of feminist retellings of traditional Japanese folktales, 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 (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Soft Skull","offers":[{"title":"Where the Wild Ladies Are | Aoko Matsuda | Paperback | 9781593766900 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks F 1785697","offer_id":50852823367938,"sku":"1785697","price":28.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/61bQnY1RfJL.jpg?v=1792768058","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/where-the-wild-ladies-are","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}