Yukiko Motoya: Picnic in the Storm [2019] paperback ZFCRI 'Keith Lowe has written an

'Keith Lowe has written an eloquent meditation on the aftermath and the long psychological tentacles of the Second World War

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this book will show us all how to enjoy the delight

Can Sadie survive her time in juvie with her spirit intact

a brilliant mystery and a heart-pounding read from the author of The Dry

Yukiko Motoya: Picnic in the Storm [2019] paperback ZFCRI 'Keith Lowe has written anWinner of the Akutagawa Prize and the Kenzaburo Oe Prize A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice 'In Yukiko Motoya's delightful new story collection, the familiar becomes unfamiliar . . . Certainly the style will remind readers of the Japanese authors Banana Yoshimoto and Sayaka Murata, but the stories themselves? and the logic, or lack thereof, within their sentences? are reminiscent, at least to this reader, of Joy Williams and Rivka Galchen