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The bestselling author of Breasts and Eggs, Mieko Kawakami invites listeners back into her immediately recognizable fictional world with this new, extraordinary novel and demonstrates yet again why she is one of today’s most uncategorizable, insightful, and talented novelists.
Fuyuko Irie is a freelance copyeditor in her mid-thirties. Working and living alone in a city where it is not easy to form new relationships, she has little regular contact with anyone other than her editor, Hijiri, a woman of the same age but with a very different disposition. When Fuyoku stops one day on a Tokyo street and notices her reflection in a storefront window, what she sees is a drab, awkward, and spiritless woman who has lacked the strength to change her life—and decides to do something about it.
As the long overdue change occurs, however, painful episodes from Fuyuko’s past surface and her behavior slips further and further beyond the pale.
All the Lovers in the Night is acute and insightful, entertaining and engaging; it will make listeners laugh, and it will make them cry, but it will also remind them, as only the best books do, that sometimes the pain is worth it.
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"“Beautifully translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd, [Kawakami’s] keen insight focuses not only on love and loneliness but also on work and personal fulfillment, office relationships and friendships, and standards of beauty and gendered expectations.”"
— Japan Times
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“[An] atmospheric, subtly beautiful novel.”
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“Brilliant prose underscores the pain and ecstasy of thriving in the margins.”
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“[An] extraordinary exploration of relationships, work, and the intimate connections that (may) make it all worthwhile.”
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“[An] appraisal of the harm women inflict on one another, while never losing sight of the overarching structures that lead them to do so in the first place.”
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“By highlighting the inner lives of outsiders, Kawakami’s work takes aim at the social structures of class and gender.”
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“In contrast to the many suffocating (western) conventions of romantic storytelling, it is refreshing to encounter a book of such irresistible sweet melancholy.”
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“[A] brilliantly rendered portal into young women’s lives.”
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“The author dazzles with her exploration of emotions…It’s a winner.”
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“A rich and notable examination of the varied ways women choose to live their lives and the gains and losses that come with the choices they’ve made.”
— Kirkus Review (starred review)
Awards
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An Indie Next List Pick of the Month
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An Entertainment Weekly Pick of Most Anticipated Books of 2022
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A New York Times Book Review pick of Best Books Now in Paperback
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Finalist for the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
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A Time Magazine Best Book of the Year
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A Washington Post Best Book of 2022
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An Oprah.com Best Books of the Year
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A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2022
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A Literary Hub Pick of 2022's Best Books
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About Mieko Kawakami
Mieko Kawakami is the author of the internationally bestselling novel, Breasts and Eggs, named a best book of the year by the New York Times, Time, The Atlantic, and others. She made her literary debut as a poet in 2006 and published her first novella, My Ego, My Teeth, and the World, in 2007. Her writing is known for its poetic qualities and its insights into the female body, ethical questions, and the dilemmas of modern society. She has received numerous prestigious literary awards in Japan, including the Akutagawa Prize, the Tanizaki Prize, and the Murasaki Shikibu Prize. She was born in Osaka, Japan.