Name: Heaven: A Novel (in English)
Price: 11.87 USD
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Author: Mieko Kawakami
ISBN: 9781609457457

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Physical Book

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Translated by

Publisher

Year

2022

Language

English

Pages

176

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20 x 13 cm

Weight

0.20 kg.

ISBN

9781609457457

ISBN13

9781609457457

Synopsis "Heaven: A Novel (in English)"

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE"A raw, painful, and tender portrait of adolescent misery... This book is very likely to make you cry."--Lily Meyer, NPRWith profound tenderness and sensitivity, Japanese literary superstar Mieko Kawakami turns her unique gaze onto the causes and effects of violence. Raw but revelatory, this novel stands as a dazzling confirmation of Kawakami's standing as one of her country's most insightful and compelling novelists.In Heaven, a shy high-school student is subjected to bullying from his classmates and the only person capable of understanding his ordeal is a young classmate who suffers similar treatment at the hands of her tormentors. Each finds in the other a unique sensibility capable of offering not only solace but also a fresh perspective on their predicaments.

Mieko Kawakami

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(Osaka, Kawakami, 1976) es autora del best-seller internacional Pechos y huevos, elegido como uno de los libros del año en The New York Times y uno de los 10 mejores libros de 2020 en TIME. Hizo su debut literario como poeta en 2006 y publicó su primera novela, My Ego, My Teeth, and the World, en 2007. Su literatura ha sido alabada por el tono poético con el que aborda temas como el cuerpo femenino, las cuestiones éticas y los dilemas de la sociedad moderna. Sus obras han sido traducidas a diferentes idiomas y ha recibido numerosos premios literarios en Japón, como el Premio Akutagawa, el Premio Tanizaki y el Premio Murasaki Shikibu. Vive en Tokio, Japón.

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