From the acclaimed author of Breasts and Eggs and Heaven.
Shy,lonely and introverted Fuyuko lives alone and fills her days with her job as a freelance proofreader. About to turn thirty-five,she cannot imagine ever having any emotional or successful relationship in her life as it currently stands. She is regularly haunted by encounters of the past.
But Fuyuko loves the light and goes out on the night of her birthday,Christmas Eve,to count the lights. Her only friend,Hijiri,offers some light in her life,but it is a chance encounter with another man,Mr. Mitsutsuka,a physics teacher,who offers her access from another dimension to light.
Pulsing,poetic,modern and shocking,All The Lovers in The Night is the third novel from internationally bestselling author Mieko Kawakami.
Translated from the Japanese by Sam Bett and David Boyd.
Publisher: Pan MacmillanISBN: 9781509898268Number of pages: 224Weight: 260 gDimensions: 215 x 137 x 24 mm
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Kawakami's novel is uncompromisingly candid in its appraisal of the harm women inflict on one another,while never losing sight of the overarching structures that lead them to do so in the first place. Compact and supple,it's a strikingly intelligent feat.Her most accomplished novel yet...A contemporary Japanese master continues her meteoric rise into our literary firmament(An) engrossing,fine-boned new novel,deftly translated from Japanese by Sam Bett and David Boyd...with this consummate novel, Kawakami's star continues to rise,pulsing against a night that's anything but holyKawakami - the author of titles such as Breasts and Eggs and Heaven - has crafted another atmospheric,subtly beautiful novel.Kawakami has an effortless way of turning the mundanity of Fuyoko's day-to-day into detailed occasions that I want to know more about...Though the everyday is more interesting than you'd think,this is a book that's really about Fuyoko discovering happinessIn contrast to the many suffocating (western) conventions of romantic storytelling,it is refreshing to encounter a book of such irresistible sweet melancholy.Kawakami has created a rich and notable examination of the varied ways women choose to live their lives and the gains and losses that come with the choices they've made. Kawakami writes with the tender and incisive sensibilities of a poet...An unforgettable and masterful work.Candid and searing,Kawakami's latest is another brilliantly rendered portal into young women's lives.The author dazzles with her exploration of emotions...An invigorating and empowering portrait. It's a winner.
Mieko Kawakami has emerged as a literary feminist icon...Deftly translated by Sam Bett andDavid Boyd,her prose retains the accessibility of a blog,with glimpses of lyricism.
From the celebrated author of Breasts and Eggs comes Kawakami's most accomplished novel yet,plumbing the ennui of Fuyuko,an anxiety-prone proofreader who is something of a social misfit.A brilliantly rendered portrait of a single 30-something copy editor and the varied community of women that surrounds her.
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