Toddler Hunting and Other Stories

On a Saturday night that feels filled with excitement, Fukuko and her husband decide to visit, unannounced, another couple. Fumiko's passion for her husband thrives on sadomasochism. But now she may be pregnant and there are ants crawling obscenely over a piece of meat in her kitchen. When Akiko thinks about how she cannot have children, she feels an emotion close to joy. But though she loathes little girls, she cannot resist buying expensive clothes in which to dress little boys. From one of the most influential voices in post-war Japanese literature, this extraordinary collection of stories introduces us to women risking self-destruction to fulfil their desires. A W&N Essential with an introduction by Sayaka Murata