Life Ceremony: Stories Binding:Paperback One of TIME's 100 Best

One of TIME's 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time

A literary landmark: the biggest

the master chess player makes the now-widowed viscountess the highest-stakes wager of his life in a last-ditch effort to win her affection: he will find husbands for her two sisters--or depart forever

the drama is heating up for the Davenports and their social set

Life Ceremony: Stories Binding:Paperback One of TIME's 100 BestThe long awaited first short story collection by the author of the cult sensation Convenience Store Woman, tales of weird love, heartfelt friendships, and the unsettling nature of human existence With Life Ceremony, the incomparable Sayaka Murata is back with her first collection of short stories ever to be translated into English. In Japan, Murata is particularly admired for her short stories, which are sometimes sweet, sometimes shocking, and always