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A Thousand Splendid Suns 0 (0)

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Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed. Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between Mariam and a local teenager, Laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter. When the Taliban take over, life becomes a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear. Yet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways, and lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1408844443
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bloomsbury Paperbacks; 1st edition (1 January 2013); Bloomsbury Press
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781408844441
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1408844441
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 kg
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.9 x 2.6 x 19.8 cm
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ United Kingdom
Net Quantity ‏ : ‎ 1.00 count
Generic Name ‏ : ‎ Book
Best Sellers Rank: #372 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #10 in Society & Culture (Books) #23 in Contemporary Fiction (Books)
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Breasts and Eggs & Heaven 0 (0)

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Breasts and Eggs
‘Breathtaking’ – Haruki Murakami author of Norwegian WoodA beguiling novel about three women struggling to determine their own lives in contemporary Tokyo.A New York Times ‘Notable Book of the Year’ and one of Elena Ferrante’s ‘Top 40 Books by Female Authors’On a hot summer’s day in a poor suburb of Tokyo we meet three women: thirty-year-old Natsuko, her older sister Makiko, and Makiko’s teenage daughter Midoriko. Makiko, an ageing hostess despairing the loss of her looks, has travelled to Tokyo in search of breast enhancement surgery. She’s accompanied by Midoriko, who has recently stopped speaking, finding herself unable to deal with her own changing body and her mother’s self-obsession. Her silence dominates Natsuko’s rundown apartment, providing a catalyst for each woman to grapple with their own anxieties and their relationships with one another.Eight years later, we meet Natsuko again. She is now a writer and finds herself on a journey back to her native city, returning to memories of that summer and her family’s past as she faces her own uncertain future.In Breasts and Eggs Mieko Kawakami paints a radical and intimate portrait of contemporary working class womanhood in Japan, recounting the heartbreaking journeys of three women in a society where the odds are stacked against them. This is an unforgettable English language debut from a major new international talent.’Bold, modern and surprising’ – An Yu, author of Braised Pork’Incredible and propulsive’ – Naoise Dolan, author of Exciting TimesShortlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation.Translated from the Japanese by Sam Bett and David Boyd.

Heaven
From the bestselling author of Breasts and Eggs and international literary sensation Mieko Kawakami, comes a sharp and illuminating novel about a fourteen-year-old boy subjected to relentless bullying. In Heaven, a fourteen-year old boy is tormented for having a lazy eye. Instead of resisting, he chooses to suffer in silence. The only person who understands what he is going through is a female classmate, Kojima, who experiences similar treatment at the hands of her bullies. Providing each other with immeasurable consolation at a time in their lives when they need it most, the two young friends grow closer than ever. But what, ultimately, is the nature of a friendship when your shared bond is terror? Unflinching yet tender, sharply observed, intimate and multi-layered, this simple yet profound novel stands as yet another dazzling testament to Mieko Kawakami’s uncontainable talent. There can be little doubt that it has cemented her reputation as one of the most important young authors at work today.

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