Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi, translated by David Boyd and Lucy North [in Booklist]
23 Nov, by in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation
Emi Yagi’s first novel, which won Japan’s Dazai Osamu Prize for the best debut fiction, is a brilliant exposé of discontented contemporary womanhood. Shibata’s professional life has been plagued by men – from sexual harassment at her last job to sexist roles at her current....