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For the sake of women everywhere, Ms Shibata is going to pull off
the mother of all deceptions... 'Incredibly thought-provoking...
you'll love Yagi's writing' STYLIST Ms Shibata refuses to clear
away the coffee at work one day, because she's pregnant and can't
bear the smell. The only thing is . . . Ms Shibata is not pregnant.
Being a mother-to-be isn't easy. Ms Shibata has a nine-month ruse
to keep up. Before long, it becomes all-absorbing, and with the
help of towel-stuffed shirts and a diary app that tracks every
stage of her 'pregnancy', the boundary between her lie and her life
begins to dissolve. Discover this prizewinning, thrillingly
subversive new novel that's perfect for fans of Convenience Store
Woman and Breasts and Eggs. 'A subversive, surreal read that will
strike a cord' RED 'One of the most passionate cases I've ever read
for female interiority, for women's creative pulse and rich inner
life' NEW YORKER Translated from the Japanese by David Boyd and
Lucy North
'Chilling.' Vogue 'As unusual as it is alluring.' Elle
'Delightfully disturbing.' Refinery 29 'Very powerful.' Sayaka
Murata 'Disquieting.' Paula Hawkins 'You will be obsessed.' Leila
Slimani The Woman in the Purple Skirt is being watched. Someone is
following her, always perched just out of sight, monitoring which
buses she takes; what she eats; whom she speaks to. But this
invisible observer isn't a stalker - it's much more complicated
than that.
"A taut and compelling depiction of loneliness and obsession."
--Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl
on the Train "[It] will keep you firmly in its grip." --Oyinkan
Braithwaite, bestselling author of My Sister, the Serial Killer
"The love child of Eugene Ionesco and Patricia Highsmith." --Kelly
Link, bestselling author of Get in Trouble A bestselling,
prizewinning novel by one of Japan's most acclaimed young writers,
for fans of Convenience Store Woman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely
Fine, and the movies Parasite and Rear Window I think what I'm
trying to say is that I've been wanting to become friends with the
Woman in the Purple Skirt for a very long time... Almost every
afternoon, the Woman in the Purple Skirt sits on the same park
bench, where she eats a cream bun while the local children make a
game of trying to get her attention. Unbeknownst to her, she is
being watched--by the Woman in the Yellow Cardigan, who is always
perched just out of sight, monitoring which buses she takes, what
she eats, whom she speaks to. From a distance, the Woman in the
Purple Skirt looks like a schoolgirl, but there are age spots on
her face, and her hair is dry and stiff. She is single, she lives
in a small apartment, and she is short on money--just like the
Woman in the Yellow Cardigan, who lures her to a job as a
housekeeper at a hotel, where she too is a housekeeper. Soon, the
Woman in the Purple Skirt is having an affair with the boss and all
eyes are on her. But no one knows or cares about the Woman in the
Yellow Cardigan. That's the difference between her and the Woman in
the Purple Skirt. Studiously deadpan and chillingly voyeuristic,
and with the off-kilter appeal of the novels of Ottessa Moshfegh,
The Woman in the Purple Skirt explores envy, loneliness, power
dynamics, and the vulnerability of unmarried women in a taut,
suspenseful narrative about the sometimes desperate desire to be
seen.
Discover this prizewinning, thrillingly subversive new novel that's
perfect for fans of Convenience Store Woman and Breasts and Eggs.
'One of the most intriguing new novels of the summer,' Independent
For the sake of women everywhere, Ms Shibata is going to pull off
the mother of all deceptions... As the only woman in her office, Ms
Shibata is expected to do all the menial tasks. One day she
announces that she can't clear away her coworkers' dirty cups -
because she's pregnant and the smell nauseates her. The only thing
is . . . Ms Shibata is not pregnant. Pregnant Ms Shibata doesn't
have to serve coffee to anyone. Pregnant Ms Shibata isn't forced to
work overtime. Pregnant Ms Shibata can rest, watch TV, take long
baths, and even join an aerobics class for expectant mothers. But
she has a nine-month ruse to keep up. Before long, it becomes
all-absorbing, and with the help of towel-stuffed shirts and a
diary app that tracks every stage of her 'pregnancy', the boundary
between her lie and her life begins to dissolve. Diary of a Void
will keep you turning the pages to see just how far Ms Shibata will
go. Translated from the Japanese by David Boyd and Lucy North
'Darkly funny and surprisingly tender.' Kirsty Logan, author of
Things We Say in the Dark
The Akutagawa Prize-winning stories from the author of Strange
Weather in Tokyo In these three haunting and lyrical stories, three
young women experience unsettling loss and romance. In a dreamlike
adventure, one woman travels through an apparently unending night
with a porcelain girlfriend, mist-monsters and villainous monkeys;
a sister mourns her invisible brother whom only she can still see,
while the rest of her family welcome his would-be wife into their
home; and an accident with a snake leads a shop girl to discover
the snake-families everyone else seems to be concealing. Sensual,
yearning, and filled with the tricks of memory and grief, Record of
a Night Too Brief is an atmospheric trio of unforgettable tales.
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