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Mieko Kawakami is a genius - Naoise Dolan, author of Exciting Times
Compact and supple, its a strikingly intelligent feat. The New York Times Book Review

From international literary sensation Mieko Kawakami comes All The Lovers In The Night, an extraordinary, deeply moving and insightful story set in contemporary Tokyo.

Fuyuko Irie is a freelance proofreader in her thirties. Living alone, and unable to form meaningful relationships, she has little contact with anyone other than Hijiri, someone she works with. When she sees her reflection, shes confronted with a tired and spiritless woman who has failed to take control of her own life. Her one source of solace: light. Every Christmas Eve, Fuyuko heads out to catch a glimpse of the lights that fill the Tokyo night. But it is a chance encounter with a man named Mitsutsuka that awakens something new in her. And so her life begins to change.

As Fuyuko starts to see the world in a different light, painful memories from her past begin to resurface. Fuyuko needs to be loved, to be heard, and to be seen. But living in a small world of her own making, will she find the strength to bring down the walls that surround her?

All The Lovers In The Night is acute and insightful, entertaining and captivating, pulsing and poetic, modern and shocking. Its another unforgettable novel from Japans most exciting writer.

Translated from the Japanese by Sam Bett and David Boyd.

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From literary sensation and International Booker Prize-shortlisted author Mieko Kawakami, the bestelling author of Breasts and Eggs and Heaven comes All the Lovers in the Night, an extraordinary, deeply moving and insightful story set in contemporary Tokyo.

A brief, compelling study of alienation and friendship; I binge-read it in one sitting. - Rebecca F Kuang, author of Babel

Fuyuko Irie is a freelance proofreader in her thirties. Living alone in an overwhelming city and unable to form meaningful relationships, she has little contact with anyone other than her colleague, Hijiri. But a chance encounter with a man named Mitsutsuka awakens something new in her. Through their weekly meetings, Fuyuko starts to see the world in a different light and still, painful memories from her past begin to resurface.

As Fuyuko realizes she exists in a small world of her own making she begins to push at her own boundaries. But will she find the strength to bring down the walls that surround her?

Poetic, modern and shocking, this is an unforgettable novel from Japans most exciting writer.

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

All the Lovers in the Night is translated from the Japanese by Sam Bett and David Boyd.

...(*_*)9781509898275_

A deeply moving and insightful story set in contemporary Tokyo. From literary sensation and International Booker Prize-shortlisted author Mieko Kawakami, the bestelling author of Breasts and Eggs and Heaven comes All the Lovers in the Night.

A brief, compelling study of alienation and friendship; I binge-read it in one sitting. - Rebecca F Kuang, author of Babel

As Fuyuko realizes she exists in a small world of her own making she begins to push at her own boundaries. But will she find the strength to bring down the walls that surround her?

Poetic, modern and shocking, this is an unforgettable novel from Japans most exciting writer.

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

All the Lovers in the Night is translated from the Japanese by Sam Bett and David Boyd.

...(*_*)9781509898275_

A brief, compelling study of alienation and friendship; I binge-read it in one sitting Rebecca F. Kuang, author of Yellowface

As Fuyuko realizes she exists in a small world of her own making she begins to push at her own boundaries. But will she find the strength to bring down the walls that surround her?

Poetic, modern and shocking, this is an unforgettable novel from Japans most exciting writer.

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

All the Lovers in the Night is translated from the Japanese by Sam Bett and David Boyd.

...(*_*)9781509898275_

A deeply moving story about a woman searching for meaning in contemporary Tokyo. From literary sensation and International Booker Prize-shortlisted author Mieko Kawakami, the bestelling author of Breasts and Eggs and Heaven, comes All the Lovers in the Night.

'A brief, compelling study of alienation and friendship; I binge-read it in one sitting' – Rebecca F. Kuang, author of Yellowface

As Fuyuko realizes she exists in a small world of her own making she begins to push at her own boundaries. But will she find the strength to bring down the walls that surround her?

Poetic, modern and shocking, this is an unforgettable novel from Japan’s most exciting writer.

‘Mieko Kawakami is a genius’ – Naoise Dolan, author of Exciting Times

All the Lovers in the Night is translated from the Japanese by Sam Bett and David Boyd.

All The Lovers In The Night

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