Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda, translated by Polly Barton [in Booklist]
24 Sep, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Short Stories, Translation
*STARRED REVIEW Preface any storytelling format with “traditional,” and audiences will have no expectations of feminist agency. Thankfully, prizewinning Japanese writer Aoko Matsuda imagines reclamation and brilliantly transforms fairy tales and folk legends into empowering exposés, adventures, manifestos. The 17 stories – adroitly translated by UK-based Polly Barton...