Translated from Japanese by Sam Bett and David Boyd (Picador Books, 2021) Mieko Kawakami’s Breasts and Eggs (also translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd and released in the UK by Picador Books) was one of my favourite releases of… Continue Reading
I had intended to post this piece in December, but the end of the year brought some unexpected challenges and I had to delay it until the new year. So although you may have left 2020 behind with relief, I… Continue Reading
Translated from Japanese by Sam Bett and David Boyd (Picador Books, 2020) Breasts and Eggs is a spectacular and delicate exposition of what it is to be in a woman’s body when that body is eternally viewed as either a… Continue Reading