Driven by desires that are at once unique and common, the women in this book are modern, familiar to us, and still mysterious. The Ten Loves of Mr Nishino by Hiromi Kawakami, Allison Markin Powell ( Translator) Publication date: June 4th 2020 Publisher: Granta Books (first published 2003) Pages: 208 I read this book as part of the read-along organised by Tandem Collective who kindly gifted me a paperback copy. Like a modern Decameron, this humorous, sensual, and touching novel by one of Japan’s best-selling and most beloved writers is a powerful and embracing portrait of the human comedy in ten voices. Still clinging to the vivid memory of his warm breath and his indecipherable sentences, ten women tell their stories as they attempt to recreate the image of the unfathomable Nishino. “If you like Haruki Murakami and Yoko Ogawa, it’s a safe bet that you’ll love The Ten Loves of Nishino.”- DozoDomo (France)Įach woman has succumbed, even if only for an hour, to that seductive, imprudent, and furtively feline man who drifted so naturally into their lives. FINALIST 2020 PEN AMERICA TRANSLATION PRIZEīest-selling and beloved Japanese author Hiromi Kawakami ( The Nakano Thrift Shop) tells the story of an enigmatic man through the voices of ten remarkable women who have loved him.
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