maggiemon 's review for:

Dragon Palace by Hiromi Kawakami
3.5
mysterious reflective fast-paced

If you're in a slump, this is the book for you. As usual, Kawakami's writing is compulsively readable and delightfully strange. Each story explores humanity, masterfully oscillating between the mundanity of life and a creative blend of traditional and fantastical elements that lead you through the entire spectrum of emotion.

My favorites were The Kitchen God, Mole, and Hokusai.