Bedtime Tales
| Author | Yoko Mori |
|---|---|
| Original title | 別タイトル: ベッドのおとぎばなし Beddo no otogibanashi |
| Translator | Sonya L. Johnson |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Genre | Short Stories |
| Publisher | Kodansha International |
Publication date | 1987 |
Published in English | 1993 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 206 pp (US 1st edition) |
| ISBN | 4-06-186097-6 (Japan English 1st edition) |
Bedtime Tales (Japanese: 別タイトル: ベッドのおとぎばなし; Beddo no otogibanashi) (1987) is a collection of short stories published in 1987 by Japanese author Yoko Mori. The collection was translated by Sonya L. Johnson and was published by Kodansha under the series in 1993.[1]
Themes[]
The stories follow the same themes used in Mori's later works and follow the lives of Japanese women living in a male dominated Japan.[2]
Stories[]
- Sudden Shower - The 1st Night
- Credit Card - The 2nd Night
- Bloody Mary - The 3rd Night
- The Thirteenth Hour - The 4th Night
- Women Friends - The 6th Night
- Office Love - The 8th Night
- Christmas Eve - The 13th Night
- The Jade Earrings - The 15th Night
- The Woman in the Mirror - The 23rd Night
- A Call in the Night - The 24th Night
- The Thorn in the Rose - The 28th Night
- Home, Sweet Home - The 31st Night
Sequel[]
Beddo no otogibanashi Part II was published in 1989 and is also another collection of short stories.[3]
References[]
- ^ NACSIS Webcat: 詳細表示 Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on March 15, 2010.
- ^ Japanese women writers: a bio-critical sourcebook . [Pages 242 - 248 Retrieved on March 15, 2010.
- ^ Donath, Diana (2007). "Mori Yôko : charmante Vermittlerin eines neuen Frauenbildes" [Mori Yôko: charming mediator of a new image of women]. Asiatische Studien (in German). 61 (2): 425–445. doi:10.5169/seals-147744.
External links[]
Categories:
- Japanese short stories