'Evocative... Astonishing, strange, and wonderful' - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

'Baffling, unsettling and haunting, these stories have a dreamlike atmosphere' - The Lady

'A truly fantastical story which requires thorough reading, yet rewards with rich imagery that will challenge anyone's powers of imagination' - The Japan Society

'At once funny and humane, the author's estranging fiction is bewitching. If Japan were in need of a Lewis Carroll, look no further' - South China Morning Post

'Slippery and unfamiliar places where logic is internal and surreal... gives the reader the strange sense of being led through a collection of dreams' - Asymptote