Heaven: A Novel

ISBN-13:	9781609457457
Publisher:	Europa Editions, Incorporated
Publication date:	08/16/2022
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	18,302
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.70(d)

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE “A raw, painful, and tender portrait of adolescent misery… This book is very likely to make you cry.”—Lily Meyer, NPR With profound tenderness and sensitivity, Japanese literary superstar Mieko Kawakami turns her unique gaze onto the causes and effects of violence. Raw but revelatory, this novel stands as a dazzling confirmation of Kawakami’s standing as one of her country’s most insightful and compelling novelists. In Heaven, a shy high-school student is subjected to bullying from his classmates and the only person capable of understanding his ordeal is a young classmate who suffers similar treatment at the hands of her tormentors. Each finds in the other a unique sensibility capable of offering not only solace but also a fresh perspective on their predicaments.