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Mieko Kawakami

Picador

2021

192 páginas

6h 24m

ISBN-10: B08NJZBX69

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.

Hailed as a bold foray into new literary territory, Kawakami's novel is told in the voice of a fourteen-year-old student subjected to relentless torment for having a lazy eye. Instead of resisting, the boy suffers in complete resignation. The only person who understands what he is going through is a female classmate who suffers similar treatment at the hands of her tormenters.

The young friends meet in secret in the hopes of avoiding any further attention and take solace in each other's company, completely unaware that their relationship has not gone unnoticed by their bullies . . .

Kawakami's simple yet profound new work stands as a dazzling testament to her literary talent. Here, she asks us to question the fate of the meek in a society that favours the strong, and the lengths that even children will go in their learned cruelty. There can be little doubt that it has cemented her reputation as one of the most important young authors working to expand the boundaries of contemporary Japanese literature.

Resenhas (75)

5 (Perfeito)

Acho que estou começando a virar fã de Mieko Kawakami. Toda a palavra que essa mulher escreve é impactante e ela escreve de uma forma única.
O livro é um pouco desconfortável, principalmente com as cenas de bullying, mas ele é incrível. Eu acreditei que a história focaria no relacionamento do protagonista e Kojima, no entanto acredito que é mais sobre a natureza do bullying e a forma filosófica que a autora fala sobre essa natureza é completamente diferente do que eu já havia lido antes, o que, pra mim, torna cada vez mais Mieko Kawakami um gênio.