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Wunnicke, Christine, 1966-
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The
fox
& Dr.
Shimamura
/ by Christine Wunnicke ; translated from the German by Philip Boehm.
by
Wunnicke, Christine, 1966-
New Directions Publications, 2019.
Call #:
FICTION WUN
ISBN:
9780811226240 (trade pbk.)
Uniform title:
Fuchs und Dr.
Shimamura
. English.
Alternate title:
Fox
&
Doctor
Shimamura
.
Fox
and Dr.
Shimamura
.
Description:
151 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Translation from the German of: Fuchs und Dr.
Shimamura
.
"New Directions Paperbook Original (NDP1443)"--T. p. verso.
Summary:
"The
Fox
and Dr.
Shimamura
toothsomely encompasses Japan and Europe, memory and actuality, fox-possession myths and psychiatric mythmaking. The novel begins near the story's end, in Dr.
Shimamura
's retirement. A feverish invalid, he's watched over by four women: his wife, his mother, his mother-in- law, and a nurse (originally one of his psychiatric patients). His mother is busily writing and rewriting his biography, Between Genius and Madness. As an outstanding young Japanese medical student at the end of the nineteenth century, Dr.
Shimamura
is sent--to his dismay--to the provinces: he is asked to cure scores of young women of an epidemic of
fox
possession. He considers the assignment a joke, believing it's all a hoax, until he sees a
fox
moving under the skin of a beauty. He comes to believe not just in
fox
possession, but also that he in fact "cured" the young woman with a kiss, by breathing in the
fox
demon (the root of his lifelong fever). Next he travels to Europe and works with such luminaries as Charcot, Breuer and (briefly) Freud himself (whose methods he concludes are incompatible with Japanese politeness). The ironic parallels between Charcot's hack theories of female "hysteria" and Japanese ancient folklore--when it comes to beautiful writhing young women--are handled with a lightly sardonic touch by Christine Wunnicke, whose flavor-packed language is a delight"--Publisher.
Genre:
German fiction -- Translations into English.
Literary fiction.
Other authors:
Boehm, Philip.
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