Fatima El-Tayeb

åbner forfatteren også for sit forhold til sine værker og sit arbejde med skriften og giver os nye blikke på litteraturen

but also reshapes our perceptions of the past

Translated brilliantly for the first time by Alison L

4 km lange hovedstrøg og fotograferet samtlige frisørsaloner

The Guest Cat Fatima El-TayebA couple in their thirties live in a small rented cottage in a quiet part of Tokyo. They work at home as freelance writers. They no longer have very much to say to one another. One day a cat invites itself into their small kitchen. She is a beautiful creature. She leaves, but the next day comes again, and then again and again. New, small joys accompany the cat; the days have more light and colour. Life suddenly seems to have more promise for the