LIFE CEREMONY Stories

by Sayaka Murata, Ginny Tapley Takemori [Trans.] | Read by Natalie Naudus, Nancy Wu, Jeena Yi, Pun Bandhu, Emily Woo Zeller, Eunice Wong

Fiction • 6 hrs. • Unabridged • © 2022

A cast of gifted narrators inhabits this edgy, sometimes gruesome, collection of short stories by Japanese author Murata, best known for her cult novel, CONVENIENCE STORE WOMAN. Eunice Wong delivers the title story, as well as "A Magnificent Spread," lending a tone of mischief to tales of macabre food adventures. Nancy Wu's warm voice deftly handles the most sentimental of the stories, "A Summer Night's Kiss" and "Two's Family." Natalie Naudus, Jeena Yi, Pun Bandhu, and Emily Woo Zeller round out the rest of this first-rate team of storytellers; each of their voices is unique, but each is also a piece of a larger mosaic. This is what a masterful audio collection of short stories should be and one that experienced listeners will relish. D.G.L. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine [Published: FEBRUARY 2023]

Trade Ed. • Blackstone Audio • 2022

CD ISBN 9798212188272 $36.95 • Five CDs

MP3-CD ISBN 9798212188289 $31.95 • One MP3-CDs

DD ISBN 9798212188326 $19.95

Library Ed. • Blackstone Audio •

CD ISBN 9798212188265 $82.00 • Five CDs

DD ISBN 9798212188319 $54.95