'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 (Ljudbok): 9781004010226
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 20 augusti 2020
'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 (Ljudbok): 9781004010226
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 20 augusti 2020
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Maria
18 mars 2021
Ord och tankar återges på ett naturligt och lättsamt sätt. Så lätt att lyssna och följa samtidigt som författaren ger en inblick i verkligheten för några i Tokyo och Osaka.
Marianne
9 jan. 2023
Precis så bra som många japanska böcker är!
Cookie
15 nov. 2023
En klar femma. En bok som väcker nya tankar och frågeställningar. Fängslande och väldigt engagerande. Och så förstås väldigt spännande att få besöka Japan!
Johan
21 jan. 2023
Excellent
Iris
20 juni 2023
Boken ger perspektiv till den typ av kvinnlighet som man sällan lägger märke till.
William
23 juni 2021
I love this book so much
Pontus
22 apr. 2024
Otrolig bok! På ett sätt är protagonisten något kverulantisk, men antar att just den delen av henne är mänsklig. Och väldigt igenkännande.
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28 aug. 2022
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