Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone
The Godzilla inspired “The Return to Monsterland” opens Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone, a collection of twelve fabulist and genre-bending stories inspired by Japanese folklore, historical events, and pop culture. In “Rokurokubi” , a man who has the demonic ability to stretch his neck to incredible lengths tries to save a marriage built on secrets. The recently dead find their footing in “The Inn of the Dead’s Orientation for Being a Japanese Ghost” . In “Girl Zero” , a couple navigates the complexities of reviving their deceased daughter via the help of a shapeshifter. And, in the title story, a woman instigates a months-long dancing frenzy in a Tokyo where people don’ t die but are simply reborn without their memories. Every story in the collection turns to the fantastic, the mysticism of the past, and the absurdities of the future to illuminate the spaces we occupy when we, as individuals and as a society, are at our most vulnerable.
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Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone
The Godzilla inspired “The Return to Monsterland” opens Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone, a collection of twelve fabulist and genre-bending stories inspired by Japanese folklore, historical events, and pop culture. In “Rokurokubi” , a man who has the demonic ability to stretch his neck to incredible lengths tries to save a marriage built on secrets. The recently dead find their footing in “The Inn of the Dead’s Orientation for Being a Japanese Ghost” . In “Girl Zero” , a couple navigates the complexities of reviving their deceased daughter via the help of a shapeshifter. And, in the title story, a woman instigates a months-long dancing frenzy in a Tokyo where people don’ t die but are simply reborn without their memories. Every story in the collection turns to the fantastic, the mysticism of the past, and the absurdities of the future to illuminate the spaces we occupy when we, as individuals and as a society, are at our most vulnerable.
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Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone

Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone

by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone

Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone

by Sequoia Nagamatsu

Overview

The Godzilla inspired “The Return to Monsterland” opens Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone, a collection of twelve fabulist and genre-bending stories inspired by Japanese folklore, historical events, and pop culture. In “Rokurokubi” , a man who has the demonic ability to stretch his neck to incredible lengths tries to save a marriage built on secrets. The recently dead find their footing in “The Inn of the Dead’s Orientation for Being a Japanese Ghost” . In “Girl Zero” , a couple navigates the complexities of reviving their deceased daughter via the help of a shapeshifter. And, in the title story, a woman instigates a months-long dancing frenzy in a Tokyo where people don’ t die but are simply reborn without their memories. Every story in the collection turns to the fantastic, the mysticism of the past, and the absurdities of the future to illuminate the spaces we occupy when we, as individuals and as a society, are at our most vulnerable.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781625579447
Publisher: Black Lawrence Press
Publication date: 05/01/2016
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 180
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Sequoia Nagamatsu is the author of the novel, How High We Go in the Dark, a National Bestseller and New York Times Editors' Choice, as well as the story collection, Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone. His work has appeared in publications such as Conjunctions, Tin House, Lightspeed, The Southern Review, and ZYZZYVA. He teaches at St. Olaf College and the Rainier Writing Workshop MFA Program. More at SequoiaNagamatsu.com
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