Name: Breasts and Eggs: A Novel
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Author: Kawakami, Mieko ; Bett, Sam ; Boyd, David
ISBN: 9781609456702

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Physical Book

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Translated by

Publisher

Year

2021

Language

English

Pages

432

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.6 x 13.2 x 3.3 cm

Weight

0.41 kg.

ISBN13

9781609456702

Synopsis "Breasts and Eggs: A Novel "

A BEST BOOK OF 2020TIME Magazine・The Atlantic・Book Riot・Electric Literature・The New York Times (Notable Book of the Year) The story of three women by a writer hailed by Haruki Murakami as Japan's most important contemporary novelist, WINNER OF THE AKUTAGAWA PRIZE. 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 with adolescence. The story of these three women reunited in a working-class neighborhood of Tokyo is told through the gaze of Natsu--thirty years old, an aspiring writer, haunted by hardships endured in her youth. Over the course of their few days together in the capital, Midoriko's silence will prove a catalyst for each woman to confront her fears and family secrets. On yet another blistering summer's day eight years later, Natsu, during a journey back to her native city, struggles with her own indeterminate identity as she confronts anxieties about growing old alone and childless. One of Japan's most important and best-selling writers, Mieko Kawakami mixes stylistic inventiveness, wry humor, and riveting emotional depth to tell a story of contemporary womanhood in Japan. Breasts and Eggs recounts the intimate journeys of three women on the path to finding peace and futures they can call their own. "Original and deeply moving...This book is a gift."--Laura van den Berg

Mieko Kawakami

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(Osaka, Kawakami, 1976) is the author of the international best-seller Breasts and Eggs, chosen as one of the books of the year in The New York Times and one of the top 10 books of 2020 in TIME. She made her literary debut as a poet in 2006 and published her first novel, My Ego, My Teeth, and the World, in 2007. Her literature has been praised for the poetic tone with which she addresses issues such as the female body, ethical questions, and the dilemmas of modern society. Her works have been translated into various languages and she has received numerous literary awards in Japan, such as the Akutagawa Prize, the Tanizaki Prize, and the Murasaki Shikibu Prize. She lives in Tokyo, Japan.

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