Breasts and Eggs
"Kawakami's novel is widely praised for its lyrical, formally inventive prose and its unflinching examination of female bodily autonomy, though some readers find its discursive second half slower and more essayistic than dramatically satisfying."
Tells the story of three women: the thirty-year-old unmarried narrator, her older sister Makiko, and Makiko's daughter Midoriko. Unable to come to terms with her changed body after giving birth, Makiko becomes obsessed with the prospect of getting breast enhancement surgery. Meanwhile, her twelve-year-old daughter Midoriko is paralyzed by the fear of her oncoming puberty and finds herself unable to voice the vague, yet overwhelming anxieties associated with growing up. The narrator, who remains unnamed for most of the story, struggles with her own indeterminable identity of being neither a "daughter" nor a "mother." Set over three stiflingly hot days in Tokyo, the book tells of a reunion of sorts between two sisters, and the passage into womanhood of young Midoriko.
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Piersi i jajeczkaPublished · Sep 06, 2023Publisher · MovaPages · 440Lang · POLISBN · 9788383215297
Natsu MonogatariPublished · 2019Publisher · BungeishunjūPages · 552Lang · JPNISBN · 9784163910543
Brüste und EierPublished · 2021Publisher · DumontPages · 495Lang · GERISBN · 9783832165994- Seins et ŒufsPublished · 2014-03-05Publisher · Actes SudPages · 107Lang · FREISBN · 9782330030681
Pechos y huevosPublished · Sep 08, 2021Publisher · Seix BarralPages · 496ISBN · 9788432239021
Pechos y huevosPublished · Sep 08, 2021Publisher · Seix BarralPages · 496Lang · SPAISBN · 9788432239021- 夏物語Published · 2019Publisher · Bungei ShunjūPages · 545Lang · JPNISBN · 9784163910543
- Senos y huevosPublished · Oct 01, 2013Publisher · SdedicionsPages · 120Lang · SPAISBN · 9788494116346
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