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"Asleep" presents three novellas centered on women who fall into a spiritual sleep that reflects their deepest emotional turmoils. One woman mourns a lost lover and is drawn into sleepwalking; another enters a relationship with a man whose wife is in a coma and finds herself unable to stay awake; a third is haunted by a former rival in a love triangle. The stories weave themes of interpersonal relationships, feminine experience, and the complex nature of desire.

First publish date: July 26, 2000

Genre: General Fiction/Short Stories

Authors: 吉本ばなな

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