Asleep

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF KITCHEN

'Enchanting.' TIME OUT
'The literary equivalent of a lo-fi playlist.' JAPAN TIMES
'Sensitive, refined and graceful.' i-D
[Yoshimoto] is the supreme poet of solitude.' SPECTATOR

Mourning her lost lover, a woman finds herself sleepwalking at night.

Another woman, in the midst of an affair with a man whose wife is in a coma, finds herself suddenly unable to stay awake.

And a third woman finds her dreams haunted by an old rival in love.

Across the nocturnal lives of these three women, Banana Yoshimoto weaves an enchanting ghost story, with a touch of Kafkaesque surrealism.

Format/pages: paperback / 178 pages

ISBN: 9780571205370

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Year: 2026