Description
| Product ID: | 9781509898299 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | All The Lovers In The Night |
| Authors: | Author: Mieko Kawakami, Sam Bett, David Boyd |
| Page Count: | 224 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Modern and Contemporary romance, Fiction in translation, Adult & contemporary romance, Fiction in translation, Japan |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating From the bestselling author of Breasts and Eggs and international literary sensation Mieko Kawakami comes a deeply moving story about a woman searching for meaning in contemporary Tokyo. <p><b>From literary sensation and International Booker Prize-shortlisted author Mieko Kawakami, the bestelling author of <i>Breasts and Eggs</i> and <i>Heaven </i>comes <i>All the Lovers in the Night</i>, an extraordinary, deeply moving and </b><b>insightful story set in contemporary Tokyo.</b><br><br><b>'A brief, compelling study of alienation and friendship; I binge-read it in one sitting.' - Rebecca F Kuang, author of <i>Babel</i></b><br><br>Fuyuko Irie is a freelance proofreader in her thirties. Living alone in an overwhelming city and unable to form meaningful relationships, she has little contact with anyone other than her colleague, Hijiri. But a chance encounter with a man named Mitsutsuka awakens something new in her. Through their weekly meetings, Fuyuko starts to see the world in a different light and still, painful memories from her past begin to resurface.<br><br>As Fuyuko realizes she exists in a small world of her own making she begins to push at her own boundaries. But will she find the strength to bring down the walls that surround her?<br><br><b>Poetic, modern and shocking, this is an unforgettable novel from Japan’s most exciting writer.</b><br><br><b>‘Mieko Kawakami is a genius’ - Naoise</b> <b>Dolan, author of <i>Exciting Times</i></b><br><br><b><i>All the Lovers in the Night</i> is translated from the Japanese by Sam Bett and David Boyd.</b></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Picador |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-05-11 |