- Fiction, family life, Japan, fiction, Fiction, women, New York Times reviewed
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.
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Contemporary, intimate, grave and contemplative.
- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- 川上未映子
- First published
- 2013
- Pages
- 440
- Publisher
- Actes Sud, Pan Macmillan, Intrínseca
- Editions
- 18
- Language
- Polish, German, Japanese, French
- ISBN
- 9781094191768
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