Asleep by Banana Yoshimoto harper It is a hallucinogenic romp

It is a hallucinogenic romp about a girl coming undone

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branded with a furry birthmark in the shape of a dancing hare

Asleep by Banana Yoshimoto harper It is a hallucinogenic rompYoshimoto has a magical ability to animate the lives of her young characters, and here she spins the stories of three women, all bewitched into a spiritual sleep. One, mourning a lost lover, finds herself sleepwalking at night. Another, who has embarked on a relationship with a man whose wife is in a coma, finds herself suddenly unable to stay awake. A third finds her sleep haunted by another woman whom she was once pitted against in a love triangle.