Mieko Kawakami
Heaven
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TARGET CONSUMER Fans of Kawakami's Breasts and Eggs Readers of the best contemporary Japanese fiction: Haruki Murakami, Yoko Ogawa, Yoko Tawada, etc. The stories of working-class women are often at the center of Kawakami's novels, as such she is also reminiscent of authors like Lucia Berlin, Stepheni Danler (Sweetbitter), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Joy Williams, George Saunders Blurbs solicited from Porochista Khakpour, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, Kali Fajardo Anstine, Katie Kitamura, John Freeman, Rivka GalchenKEY SELLING POINTS Europa's lead title of the season. Freelance Publicist for press reviews, features, interviews, influencer campaign A th…
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TARGET CONSUMER Fans of Kawakami's Breasts and Eggs Readers of the best contemporary Japanese fiction: Haruki Murakami, Yoko Ogawa, Yoko Tawada, etc. The stories of working-class women are often at the center of Kawakami's novels, as such she is also reminiscent of authors like Lucia Berlin, Stepheni Danler (Sweetbitter), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Joy Williams, George Saunders Blurbs solicited from Porochista Khakpour, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, Kali Fajardo Anstine, Katie Kitamura, John Freeman, Rivka GalchenKEY SELLING POINTS Europa's lead title of the season. Freelance Publicist for press reviews, features, interviews, influencer campaign A third Kawakami novel, The Night Belongs to Lovers, coming fall 2021. Mieko Kawakami is a star on the Europa list and an author we're committed to growing and breaking out to a large readership. Major marketing, publicity, social media, bookseller outreach campaigns The media loves Mieko Kawakami. Several long features appeared around publication of Breasts and Eggs in national monthlies, women's magazines, etc. With humor, heart, and a grain of skepticism, Kawakami deals with women characters in relation to the body, class, society, sex, relationships, misogyny, work; Entertainment Weekly dubbed Breasts and Eggs a feminist masterwork. Heaven is a poignant coming-of-age tale of friendship and resilience Strong adult-YA crossover potential (characters are 14) Devoted Kawakami fans include: Porochista Khakpour, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, Kali Fajardo Anstine, Katie Kitamura, John Freeman.
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Bett, Sam (Übers.) / Boyd, David (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-1-60945-621-4
- EAN: 9781609456214
- Produktnummer: 33488355
- Verlag: Europa Ed
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
Über den Autor
Born in Osaka prefecture in Japan, Mieko Kawakami made her literary debut as a poet in 2006. Her first novella My Ego, My Teeth, and the World, published in 2007, was awarded the Tsubouchi Shoyo Prize for Young Emerging Writers. The following year, Kawakami published Breasts and Eggs as a novella, and won Japan's most prestigious literary award, the Akutagawa Prize. In 2016, she was selected as Granta Best of Young Japanese Novelist. The newly expanded Breasts and Eggs is her first novel to be published in English. Kawakami is also the author of the novels Heaven, The Night Belongs to Lovers, both of which will be published by Europa Editions. She lives in Tokyo.
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