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Chichi to ran

Chichi to ran

Contemporary LiteratureErotica
Pages
138
Published
2008
Language
Japanese

Synopsis

This novel delves into the intimate lives of women, exploring their relationships, desires, and the complexities of their bodies. Through a candid lens, it examines themes of motherhood, sexuality, and the societal pressures faced by women in contemporary Japan. The narrative offers a raw and unflinching look at the female experience.

Prose complexity
7/10

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ComplexThought-ProvokingSpicy

Genres

Contemporary Literature Erotica Literary Fiction

About the author

M
Mieko Kawakami

Mieko Kawakami is a Japanese novelist and poet, born in Osaka on 29 August 1976. She began her career as a singer and poet before publishing her first novella, My Ego, My Teeth, and the World, in 2007, and won the 138th Akutagawa Prize the following year for Chichi to Ran. Her 2019 novel Natsu Monogatari, an expanded reworking of that novella, was translated into English as Breasts and Eggs and brought her an international readership. Heaven, All the Lovers in the Night, Ms Ice Sandwich and Sist...