Friday Update: The Reading Queue (19th June)
I missed posting the last couple of Friday updates due to other unplanned commitments, and given...Read more
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Mieko Kawakami
Sisters in Yellow
All of them are fleeing something. Growing up without a father, Hana’s tired of the pity in her classmates’ eyes, and finds a flashier mother figure in Kimiko. Kimiko is older than Hana's mother but seems much younger, chatting easily about school and boys and wanting a better life. Fate...Read more
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Sisters in Yellow, Mieko Kawakami
Mieko Kawakami's earlier novel, HEAVEN, was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, and she is renowned for her portrayal of characters on the margins of society. Outsiders, as this reader often happily feels like, when indulging in something this steeped in Japanese society,...Read more