Heaven

Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2022

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.

Translated from the Japanese by Sam Bett and David Boyd.

PRAISE FOR HEAVEN

'Mieko Kawakami is always ceaselessly growing and evolving' - Haruki Murakami, author of Norwegian Wood

'Mieko Kawakami is a genius' - Naoise Dolan, author of Exciting Times

'An expertly told, deeply unsettling tale of adolescent violence' - Vogue

ISBN:
9781509898251
Format:
Paperback / softback
Pages:
176
Published:
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan
Imprint:
Picador
Weight:
130 g