Garden - Stories

Baboons chatter in the zoo. Tadpoles writhe in a pond. A gecko is stuck to the window. And ants are crawling everywhere. Nature runs wild and mysterious in this stunning collection of stories by Hiroko Oyamada in which the everyday reality of the human world, with its social norms and familial ties, slides into something altogether more strange. As children begin to explore the landscape around them and adults are forced to navigate the bumpy terrain of marriage, parenthood and grief, the non-human world pulsates with a life of its own, and humans are revealed to be the most incomprehensible species of all.

About the author

Born in Hiroshima in 1983, HIROKO OYAMADA a is the author of two novellas: The Factory, which won the Shincho Prize for New Writers, and The Hole, which won Japan's prestigious Akutagawa Prize. Oyamada has also written numerous short stories and essays.

Product details

• Authors: Hiroko Oyamada
• Assisted by: David Boyd (Translation)
• Publisher: Granta Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 05.11.2026
• EAN: 9781803512617
• ISBN: 978-1-80351-261-7
• No. of pages: 96
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Short Stories (single author), Short Stories, FICTION / Magical Realism, FICTION / Animals, Magical Realism, Narrative theme: animals