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liriostigre · 4 months

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Mieko Kawakami, Heaven (translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd)

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kosmogrl · 4 months

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Mieko Kawakami - All The Lovers in the Night

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elysiumaze · 9 months

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Mieko Kawakami in, Heaven.

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genterie · 5 months

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@linaluvsbooks on instagram

#linaluvsbooks #books #the secret history #donna tartt #mona awad #all's well #isaac bashevis singer #the pentent #mieko kawakami #breasts and eggs #elif batuman #the idiot #just kids #patti smith #if we were villains #m. l. rio

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thewomanwithmissingfingers · 7 months

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In that moment all I wanted to do was hold her. To wrap myself around her. Not with words, and not with my arms. In another way entirely. In some other, undiscoverable way - I wanted to embrace her.

Breasts and Eggs, Mieko Kawakami, 2020

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literatureaesthetic · 5 months

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mieko kawakami was one of my author focuses of the year, i've slowly been working my way through her oeuvre. i knew kawakami was something special when i read 'breasts and eggs' last summer, and 'all the lovers in the night' has only cemented that impression. although it wasn't as impactful as 'breasts and eggs', it was still a very solid read. i only have 'heaven' left to go, and i'll have read everything she's written :')

you can find my full (and much more coherent) review here, if interested. but to sum, i highly recommend checking her work out if you haven't already!!

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ilyareads · 9 months

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short books recs (under 200 pages)

1. Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa

This book follows Sentaro, who runs a dorayaki stall, and his friendship with Tokue, who makes killer sweet bean paste. It is a heart-warming and endearing story that brings you comfort. I love the friendship between Sentaro and Tokue, especially seeing how it develops. The ending feels a little rushed. I kind of wished it was longer. Kind of sad. I cried. 10/10 would read again.

2. Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

The Funiculi Funicula cafe provides a time-traveling service, and the book, divided into four parts, retells different characters' experiences traveling in time. I always associate time-traveling with angst and regret, and this book has just that. I love how each part explores different relationship dynamics, so the time-traveling experience varies for each character. Very heart-warming, but very emotional as well. Cried a lot. It's a series but you don't have to read other books. But if you want more info on the cafe and the characters' backstory, then I highly recommend reading the other books.

3. Heaven by Mieko Kawakami

This book revolves around two students, who are victims of bullying. Due to their shared struggle, a friendship blossoms between them. The depiction of bullying and its impacts is raw and authentic, the story providing the perspectives of both the victims and the perpetrators. It was a rage-inducing but thought-provoking read.

4. The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa

This book follows Nana the cat as he embarks on a road-trip with his owner, Satoru. Now, cats are my absolute weakness. I love cats. I WOULD DIE FOR THEM. Which is why reading this book was hard and painful. The writing is witty, since it is written from the perspective of a cat. The plot itself is kind of predictable, but it doesn't make it any less painful. Tldr; Shredded my heart into pieces. Cried so hard, I couldn't breathe.

5. Almond by Won-Pyung Sohn

The story follows the main character, Yunjae, who suffers from a rare condition called Alexithymia that essentially makes him unable to feel emotions. Due to that, he couldn't understand social cues so people shun him. The development of the story centers on the people Yunjae are going to meet, and how his relationship with these people develops. The ending felt a little anticlimactic, but I loved it nonetheless.

6. Eartheater by Dolores Reyes

The unnamed protagonist can locate missing people and find out their fate by eating dirt, so people seek her to know the fate of their missing loved ones. It was definitely an interesting read, with elements of magical realism in relation to the protagonist's ability. It is also an intriguing depiction of femicide, a reflection of a system that continuously fails women. I felt rage for the women failed by the system and the sufferings they had to endure at the hands of hateful men.

7. A House is a Body by Shruti Swamy

This book is a collection of short stories, which is a raw and authentic depiction of what it is like being human. I enjoyed certain stories, while some left me utterly confused. The narratives are enticing and poetic, so despite some stories not hitting that hard, I enjoyed the writing.

8. The Vegetarian by Han Kang

After having a bizarre dream, Yeong-Hye declares that she is turning vegetarian, and this sudden change concerned her family. I made the mistake of thinking that this book is merely a depiction of what it's like to be a vegetarian. HELL NO. It utterly deviates from my expectation. I could only describe the book as bizarre and spooky, in an unconventional way. It depicts the complexity of the human mind when the contraint of societal expectations is disregarded.

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dysphoresque · 1 year

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All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami

#this page is very dear to me #easily one of the best opening to a book #all the lovers in the night #mieko kawakami #words #books

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random-poetry-account · 8 months

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#poetry #all the things im not #doc luben #14 lines from love letters or suicide notes #charles bukowski #mahmoud darwish #f. scott fitzgerald #sally rooney #conversations with friends #ryan o'connell #david wojnarowicz #a memoir of disintegration #sylvia plath #three women #mieko kawakami #heaven #hanif abdurraqib #a fortune for your disaster

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reverie-quotes · 8 months

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My life was life a dusty shelf in a old bookstore, where every volume was exactly where it had been for ages, the only discernible change being that my body has aged another ten ages.

— Mieko Kawakami, Breasts and Eggs

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metamorphesque · 2 years

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― Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night

[text ID: The light at night is special because the overwhelming light of day has left us, and the remaining half draws on everything it has to keep the world around us bright.]

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tagithi · 10 months

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heaven by mieko kawakami