THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2020 AKUTAGAWA PRIZE'My oshi was on fire. Word was he'd punched a fan'High-school student Akari has only one passion in her life: her oshi,her idol. His name is Masaki Ueno,best known as one-fifth of Japanese pop group Maza Maza. Akari's dedication to her oshi consumes her days completely. She keeps a blog entirely devoted to him,religiously chronicling and analysing all his events. He is the spine of her life; she cannot survive without him. When Masaki is rumoured to have assaulted a female fan,facing waves of social media backlash,Akari's world falls apart.Offering a vivid insight into otaku culture and adolescence,Idol,Burning is a brilliantly gripping story of obsession,coming of age and the addictive,relentless nature of fandom culture.
Publisher: Canongate BooksISBN: 9781838856120Number of pages: 144Weight: 147 gDimensions: 214 x 135 x 10 mmEdition: Main
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Usami so successfully depicts the consequences of pure obsession(Idol,Burning) cracked a door open into an intense world of obsession...essential reading for anyone who wants to understand what it is like to be a teenage girl,where priorities are skewed,emotions are high,and everything feels like it's life or deathA vivid depiction of the joys and despairs of teenage fan culture,Idol,Burning is urgent and all-consuming...In this passionate and compassionate novel,the voice of teenage desperation sings outA short but mighty novel that sheds a light on the world of superfans,obsession and the dangers of building your identity around a phenomenon that can disappear in a second...Usami's novel lifts the lid on the unique world of fandom and'stan'culture in JapanCompelling and unsettling in equal measure,Idol,Burning is a pitch-perfect insight into how confusing and exhausting modern life can feel to young women today.Idol,Burning is a window into the world of teenage obsession and the dark places it can venture to...This is like nothing else I've readPraise for Rin Usami: Pure brilliancePoignant(Usami's) writing is extremely fresh and she has high literary ability
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