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Breasts and Eggs

by Mieko Kawakami
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Breasts and Eggs
Breasts and Eggs

Intimate portrait of womanhood's struggles in Japan.

If you're looking to immerse yourself in a story that delves deep into the heart of femininity, societal pressures, and the strong ties of family amidst personal upheavals, "Breasts and Eggs" is a profound narrative. Mieko Kawakami masterfully reveals the internal landscapes of her characters, inviting you to reflect on your own relationships and perhaps find solace in the shared, complex journey of womanhood.

  • 本屋大賞 Nominee (2020)
  • ALTA National Translation Award Nominee for Prose (2021)
  • Warwick Prize for Women in Translation Nominee (2021)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9781509898206
Authors: Mieko Kawakami
Publisher: Picador
Date of Publication: 2020-04-16
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Related Topics: Japanese Literature, Asian Literature, Feminism, Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.84
(rated by 82977 readers)

Description

On a hot summer's day in a poor suburb of Tokyo we meet three women: thirty-year-old Natsuko, her older sister Makiko, and Makiko's teenage daughter Midoriko. Makiko, an aging hostess despairing the loss of her looks, has traveled 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 Natsuko's rundown apartment, providing a catalyst for each woman to grapple with her own anxieties and her relationships with one another. Eight years later, we meet Natsuko 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.
 

Intimate portrait of womanhood's struggles in Japan.

If you're looking to immerse yourself in a story that delves deep into the heart of femininity, societal pressures, and the strong ties of family amidst personal upheavals, "Breasts and Eggs" is a profound narrative. Mieko Kawakami masterfully reveals the internal landscapes of her characters, inviting you to reflect on your own relationships and perhaps find solace in the shared, complex journey of womanhood.

  • 本屋大賞 Nominee (2020)
  • ALTA National Translation Award Nominee for Prose (2021)
  • Warwick Prize for Women in Translation Nominee (2021)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.