shimbo, hiroko

A woman moves to live with her in-laws in the Japanese countryside in this haunting and surreal novel featuring a mysterious relative, an elusive hair

Drie kersverse werknemers moeten hun weg zien te vinden in een gigantische fabriek in een naamloze Japanse stad. Een uitgebluste uitzendkracht, wier e

In three interconnected scenes, Hiroko Oyamada revisits the same set of characters at different junctures in their lives. In the back room of a pet st

From the author of Weasels in the Attic, here is a modern fable about the all-consuming world of work.

The English-language debut of one of Japan's most exciting new writers, The Factory follows three workers at a sprawling industrial factory. Each work

Two friends meet across three dinners. In the back room of a pet shop, they snack on dried shrimps and discuss fish-breeding. In a remote new home in

This book explores indigenous dances and social relationships surrounding the dance activities among Yupik on St. Lawrence Island and Iñupiat in Utqi

Asa zegt haar bullshitbaan in de stad op om haar echtgenoot te volgen naar het Japanse platteland, waar hij nieuw werk heeft gevonden. Tijdens een uit

Covering the period from the publication of Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet-Makers' Director (1754) to the Great Exhibition (1851), thi

Granny squares zijn eenvoudig en leuk om te haken, kunnen steeds een andere vorm aannemen - zoals vierkanten, zeshoeken, bloemenvormen of cirkels - en

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Analysing the political economy of reproduction and its role in the process of Japanese modernization, this text explores state attempts and policies

This book analyzes the political economy of reproduction and its role in the process of Japanese modernization. Hiroko analyzes state attempts and pol