Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami, translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd [in Booklist]
05 Mar, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation
Japan’s literary superstar Mieko Kawakami (Ms Ice Sandwich, 2018) significantly expands her 2008 Akutagawa Prize novella, notably translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd. Her writer-wannabe protagonist’s names are prescient homages: Natsuko (summer child) references poet Ichiyō Higuchi, aka Natsuko Higuchi, who appears on the...