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Heaven by Mieko Kawakami
A few weeks ago I read Mieko Kawakami’s acclaimed Breasts and Eggs and suffice to say that I was not a fan. While Heaven was clearly written by the same author of Breasts and Eggs (both novels implement similar imagery and even use the same metaphor comparing the legs of a young girl to poles)…
1st pov, 2000s, 3.5 STARS, Adult, ALIENATION, ANGST, boyhood, bullying, coming of age, Contemporary, existentialism, female authors, friendships, Heaven, HIGH SCHOOL, introspective, japan, JAPANESE AUTHOR, LITERARY FICTION, loneliness, Mieko Kawakami, navel gazing, netgalley, philosophical, published in 2009, read in 2021, SOCIAL COMMENTARY, TRANSLATED FICTION, violence
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