Who are the spirits living in cities, and why are they there? Aoko Matsuda's Where the Wild Ladies Are (Soft Skull Press, 2020)-translated from Japanese by Polly Barton-dares to answer this question, introducing us to the female sprites and yokai (traditional Japanese monsters) who have clambered out of Japan's ancient forests and wells and entered into modern-day cramped high-rise flats, corporate headquarters, beauty parlors, and tourist complexes.
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