Baboons chatter in the zoo. Tadpoles writhe in a pond. A gecko is stuck to the window. And ants are crawling everywhere. Nature runs wild and mysterious in this stunning collection of stories by Hiroko Oyamada in which the everyday reality of the human world, with its social norms and familial ties, slides into something altogether more strange. As children begin to explore the landscape around them and adults are forced to navigate the bumpy terrain of marriage, parenthood and grief, the non-human world pulsates with a life of its own, and humans are revealed to be the most incomprehensible species of all.
- ISBN10 180351261X
- ISBN13 9781803512617
- Publish Date 9 October 2025
- Publish Status Forthcoming
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Granta Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 96
- Language English