About the book
TARGET CONSUMER:
• Literary Fiction
• Female protagonists, motherhood, the female body
• Contemporary Japanese Fiction
KEY SELLING POINTS:
• For fans of Sally Rooney, Rachel Cusk, Jia Tolentino, Lucia Berlin, The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery, and Sex Object by Jessica Valenti
• First of a three-book deal at auction (Frankfurt Book Fair 2018), with Heaven (Europa, 2021) and The Night Belongs to Lovers (Europa, 2021)
• Author is winner of the Akutagawa Prize (2008), the Murasaki Shikibu Literary Prize (2010) and the Tanizaki Prize (2013) among many other prestigious awards.
• Read Haruki Murakami’s piece in LitHub on Mieko Kawakami: https://lithub.com/haruki-murakami-on-his-favorite-young-novelist-mieko-kawakami/
• Originally serialized on a hugely popular blog, then published as a novella, this expanded edition of Breasts & Eggs is an epic, unforgettable, and timely novel
• The characters are all working-class women
• Breasts & Eggs, the novella, sold 250,000 copies in Japan. Breasts & Eggs, the novel, will be published in Japan in 2019
• “9 Japanese Female Authors You Should Read.” https://savvytokyo.com/9-japanese-female-authors-you-should-add-to-your-reading-list/
• “Mieko Kawakami is Japan’s Brightest New Literary Star.” The Economist, https://www.economist.com/prospero/2018/10/09/mieko-kawakami-is-japans-brightest-new-literary-star
Editions of Breasts and Eggs
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781609455873
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781609456702
- EBook
- ISBN 9781609455880
Read an Excerpt
TARGET CONSUMER:
• Literary Fiction
• Female protagonists, motherhood, the female body
• Contemporary Japanese Fiction
KEY SELLING POINTS:
• For fans of Sally Rooney, Rachel Cusk, Jia Tolentino, Lucia Berlin, The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery, and Sex Object by Jessica Valenti
• First of a three-book deal at auction (Frankfurt Book Fair 2018), with Heaven (Europa, 2021) and The Night Belongs to Lovers (Europa, 2021)
• Author is winner of the Akutagawa Prize (2008), the Murasaki Shikibu Literary Prize (2010) and the Tanizaki Prize (2013) among many other prestigious awards.
• Read Haruki Murakami’s piece in LitHub on Mieko Kawakami: https://lithub.com/haruki-murakami-on-his-favorite-young-novelist-mieko-kawakami/
• Originally serialized on a hugely popular blog, then published as a novella, this expanded edition of Breasts & Eggs is an epic, unforgettable, and timely novel
• The characters are all working-class women
• Breasts & Eggs, the novella, sold 250,000 copies in Japan. Breasts & Eggs, the novel, will be published in Japan in 2019
• “9 Japanese Female Authors You Should Read.” https://savvytokyo.com/9-japanese-female-authors-you-should-add-to-your-reading-list/
• “Mieko Kawakami is Japan’s Brightest New Literary Star.” The Economist, https://www.economist.com/prospero/2018/10/09/mieko-kawakami-is-japans-brightest-new-literary-star
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Breasts and Eggs about?
TARGET CONSUMER:
• Literary Fiction
• Female protagonists, motherhood, the female body
• Contemporary Japanese Fiction
KEY SELLING POINTS:
• For fans of Sally Rooney, Rachel Cusk, Jia Tolentino, Lucia Berlin, The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery, and Sex Object by Jessica Valenti
• First of a three-book deal at auction (Frankfurt Book Fair 2018), with Heaven (Europa, 2021) and The Night Belongs to Lovers (Europa, 2021)
• Author is winner of the Akutagawa Prize (2008), the Murasaki Shikibu Literary Prize (2010) and the Tanizaki Prize (2013) among many other prestigious awards.
• Read Haruki Murakami’s piece in LitHub on Mieko Kawakami: https://lithub.com/haruki-murakami-on-his-favorite-young-novelist-mieko-kawakami/
• Originally serialized on a hugely popular blog, then published as a novella, this expanded edition of Breasts & Eggs is an epic, unforgettable, and timely novel
• The characters are all working-class women
• Breasts & Eggs, the novella, sold 250,000 copies in Japan. Breasts & Eggs, the novel, will be published in Japan in 2019
• “9 Japanese Female Authors You Should Read.” https://savvytokyo.com/9-japanese-female-authors-you-should-add-to-your-reading-list/
• “Mieko Kawakami is Japan’s Brightest New Literary Star.” The Economist, https://www.economist.com/prospero/2018/10/09/mieko-kawakami-is-japans-brightest-new-literary-star
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Breasts and Eggs?
Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre > Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
Where can I read a sample of Breasts and Eggs?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781609455873
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Breasts and Eggs?
Mieko Kawakami
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Breasts and Eggs is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781609455873) and paperback(ISBN 9781609456702) and ebook(ISBN 9781609455880)
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