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Author Kawakami, Mieko, 1976- author.

Title Heaven : a novel / Mieko Kawakami ; translated from the Japanese by Sam Bett and David Boyd.

Publication Info. New York, N.Y.: Europa Editions, 2021.
©2021
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2081428~S1
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 95th Street Adult Fiction  F KAWAKAMI    AVAILABLE
 Naper Blvd. Adult Fiction  F KAWAKAMI    AVAILABLE
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Description 190 pages ; 22 cm
Note "A novel"--Book jacket cover.
Summary Hailed as a bold foray into new literary territory, Kawakami's novel is told in the voice of a 14-year-old student subjected to relentless torment for having a lazy eye. Instead of resisting, the boy chooses to suffer in complete resignation. The only person who understands what he is going through is a female classmate who suffers similar treatment at the hands of her tormenters. These raw and realistic portrayals of bullying are counterbalanced by textured exposition of the philosophical and religious debates concerning violence to which the weak are subjected. -- Provided by publisher.
Subject Bullying -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
School violence -- Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Japan -- Fiction.
Genre Bildungsromans.
Novels.
Added Author Bett, Sam, 1986- translator.
Boyd, David, translator.
ISBN 9781609456214 (hardcover)
1609456211 (hardcover)
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