
Shame
2020
First Published
4.42
Average Rating
300
Number of Pages
Short story published in Granta: The Online Edition as part of their 20 for 2020 series, featuring twenty timely and exciting new works from the Japanese. Available to read online at magazine's website. ‘During sex, Narumi would picture herself as steamed rice being turned into mochi rice cakes.’
Avg Rating
4.42
Number of Ratings
31
5 STARS
55%
4 STARS
35%
3 STARS
6%
2 STARS
3%
1 STARS
0%
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Author

Mieko Kawakami
Author · 18 books
Mieko Kawakami (川上未映子, born in August 29, 1976) is a Japanese singer and writer from Osaka. She was awarded the 138th Akutagawa Prize for promising new writers of serious fiction (2007) for her novel Chichi to Ran (乳と卵) (Breasts and Eggs). Kawakami has released three albums and three singles as a singer.