The Soul Catchers
$30.56
- Hardcover
176 pages
- Release Date
24 March 2026
Summary
The rediscovered magical-realist classic by a bestselling poet for fans of Banana Yoshimoto and Kawaguchi’s BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD.
Who doesn’t want a second chance at life?
Read the original and moving literary gem for fans of Banana Yoshimoto and Kawaguchi’s BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD, with stunning illustrated endpapers.
What if you could come back after death to watch over your loved one, installing yourself in a treasured mug, for example, or perhaps your mo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529959017 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529959012 |
| Author: | Naoko Higashi, Lucy North |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Doubleday |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 24 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 236g |
| Dimensions: | 207mm x 134mm x 19mm |
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If you want a calm, simple read, this is the book for you…each short tale is a lesson in connection and is both straightforward, sad and life-affirming. * PA Media *
About The Author
Naoko Higashi
Naoko Higashi
Naoko Higashi is a multi-award-winning Japanese poet, novelist, children’s writer, and screenwriter. She is best known for her work in the Japanese tanka poetry form.
Her fictional work includes The House in the Forest of Threads, which won the thirty-first Tsubota Joji Literature Award and was subsequently made into a television drama. The Soul-Catchers was made into a film in 2024. Her most recent work is The Flannel’s Thread.
Lucy North
Lucy North is a British translator of Japanese fiction and non-fiction. Her translations include Toddler Hunting and Other Stories by Taeko Kono, The Woman in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura, and Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi. Her work has appeared in Granta, Words Without Borders, and The Southern Review, and in several anthologies including The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature and Found in Translation - 100 of the Finest Short Stories Ever Translated.
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