Mieko Kawakami
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2020
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English
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A novel that "considers the agency . . . women exert over their bodies and charts the emotional underpinnings of physical changes . . . with humor and empathy" (The New Yorker).
On a sweltering summer day, Makiko travels from Osaka to Tokyo, where her sister Natsu lives. She is in the company of her daughter, Midoriko, who has lately grown silent, finding herself unable to voice the vague yet overwhelming pressures associated...
On a sweltering summer day, Makiko travels from Osaka to Tokyo, where her sister Natsu lives. She is in the company of her daughter, Midoriko, who has lately grown silent, finding herself unable to voice the vague yet overwhelming pressures associated...
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Seix Barral México
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2022
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Español
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En un sofocante día de verano, Makiko viaja a Tokio a visitar a su hermana Natsu. Incapaz de aceptar los cambios de su cuerpo después de dar a luz, Makiko está obsesiona con la perspectiva de someterse a una cirugía de aumento de senos. Mientras tanto, su hija Midoriko, de doce años, vive paralizada por el miedo a la pubertad que se aproxima y se siente incapaz de expresarse más allá de a través de una libreta. Por su parte, Natsu tiene treinta...
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Europa Editions
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FINALIST for the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
A BEST BOOK OF 2022
Oprah Daily・TIME Magazine・Washington Post・Publishers Weekly・Lit Hub
Bestselling author of Breasts and Eggs Mieko Kawakami invites readers back into her immediately recognizable fictional world with this new, extraordinary
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"A raw, tender portrait of adolescent misery, reminiscent of Elena Ferrante's fiction." -NPR
From the bestselling author of Breasts and Eggs, a sharp and illuminating novel about the impact of violence and the power of solidarity.
Tormented by his peers because of his lazy eye, Kawakami's protagonist suffers in silence. His only respite comes thanks to his friendship with a girl who is also the victim of relentless teasing. But what is the nature...