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She Returns to the Floating World

She Returns to the Floating World is a book about transformation that examines two recurring motifs in Japanese folk tales and popular culture: "the woman who disappears" and the "older sister/savior." Many of the poems are persona poems spoken by characters from anim and manga, mythology, and fairy tales, like the story of the kitsune, or fox-woman, whose relationships are followed throughout the book. Gailey's abiding interest in female heroes and tales of transformation, love, and loss bristles to life with a cast of characters including wives who become foxes, sisters who become birds, and robots with souls.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 129
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780982740927
  • Genres
  • poetry, feminism
  • Release date
  • 2011