Breasts And Eggs

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Exploring womanhood in contemporary Japan

Breasts and Eggs delves into the complexities of female relationships and identities in modern-day Japan, with a focus on the mother-daughter dynamic. Readers seeking a thought-provoking and feminist read will find Kawakami's English language debut to be stirring, particularly in how it challenges beauty norms and explores female bodies over time.

  • 本屋大賞 Nominee (2020)
  • ALTA National Translation Award Nominee for Prose (2021)
  • Warwick Prize for Women in Translation Nominee (2021)
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Breasts And Eggs

Regular price RM22.47 MYR
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ISBN: 9781529054224
Publisher: Picador
Date of Publication: 2020-05-12
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Goodreads rating: 3.87
(rated by 51195 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 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 Natsuko’s rundown apartment, providing a catalyst for each woman to grapple with their own anxieties and their relationships with one another.Eight years later, we meet Natsuko again. She is now a writer and find 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 English language debut from a major new international talent.
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Exploring womanhood in contemporary Japan

Breasts and Eggs delves into the complexities of female relationships and identities in modern-day Japan, with a focus on the mother-daughter dynamic. Readers seeking a thought-provoking and feminist read will find Kawakami's English language debut to be stirring, particularly in how it challenges beauty norms and explores female bodies over time.

  • 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.