4.1
Romans literatuur
'Breathtaking' Haruki Murakami, international bestselling author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles On a hot summer's day in a poor suburb of Tokyo we meet three women: thirty-year-old Natsu, her older sister Makiko, and Makiko's teenage daughter Midoriko. Makiko, an ageing hostess despairing the loss of her looks, has travelled to Tokyo in search of breast enhancement surgery. She's accompanied by Midoriko, who has recently stopped speaking, finding herself unable to deal with her own changing body and her mother's self-obsession. Her silence dominates Natsu's rundown apartment, providing a catalyst for each woman to grapple with their own anxieties and their relationships with one another. Ten years later, we meet Natsu again. She is now a writer and finds herself on a journey back to her native city, returning to memories of that summer and her family's past as she faces her own uncertain future. In Breasts and Eggs Mieko Kawakami paints a radical and intimate portrait of contemporary working class womanhood in Japan, recounting the heartbreaking journeys of three women in a society where the odds are stacked against them. This is an unforgettable full length English language debut from a major new international talent.
© 2020 QUEST from W. F. Howes Ltd (Luisterboek): 9781004010226
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 20 augustus 2020
4.1
Romans literatuur
'Breathtaking' Haruki Murakami, international bestselling author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles On a hot summer's day in a poor suburb of Tokyo we meet three women: thirty-year-old Natsu, her older sister Makiko, and Makiko's teenage daughter Midoriko. Makiko, an ageing hostess despairing the loss of her looks, has travelled to Tokyo in search of breast enhancement surgery. She's accompanied by Midoriko, who has recently stopped speaking, finding herself unable to deal with her own changing body and her mother's self-obsession. Her silence dominates Natsu's rundown apartment, providing a catalyst for each woman to grapple with their own anxieties and their relationships with one another. Ten years later, we meet Natsu again. She is now a writer and finds herself on a journey back to her native city, returning to memories of that summer and her family's past as she faces her own uncertain future. In Breasts and Eggs Mieko Kawakami paints a radical and intimate portrait of contemporary working class womanhood in Japan, recounting the heartbreaking journeys of three women in a society where the odds are stacked against them. This is an unforgettable full length English language debut from a major new international talent.
© 2020 QUEST from W. F. Howes Ltd (Luisterboek): 9781004010226
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 20 augustus 2020
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Rian
9 aug 2022
Beautiful! And great voices!
Melanie
27 sep 2022
Inkijk in de cultuur in Japan hoe men zich daar uit, wat er leeft rondom het thema en hoe men zich tot de ander verhoudt.
Winnie
11 dec 2020
Enjoyed this book. Very good narrating
Reinoud
29 okt 2022
Deprimerend, inkijk in Japanse maatschappij.
Alyanne
1 feb 2023
Schrijfstijl en de manier van voorlezen vond ik erg fijn. Soms wat langdradig maar de themas besproken zijn niet alleen voor de japanse cultuur belangrijk! Poetisch, filosofisch en haast schilderachtig.
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