People from My Neighbourhood

This book gathers very short stories in the palm of the hand style. They take place in a neighbourhood where normal life often turns strange. A small child spends thirty years under a sheet close to a neighbour's house. Visitors to an apartment block come away with odd conditions, such as quick-growing beards or the ability to speak with dead voices. An old man is followed by two shadows that behave in opposite ways. Two girls named Yoko are caught in a fierce rivalry to the death. The stories are small, but they let readers meet the people in this neighbourhood.

Why You Should Read?

• Meet a small child who spends thirty years living under a sheet near a neighbour's home.
• Learn how an apartment block leaves visitors with odd changes, from rapid beard growth to dead voices.
• Follow an old man with two shadows that act in opposite ways, one calm and one defiant.
• Experience two girls named Yoko caught in a bitter rivalry to the death.