Mieko Kawakami 3 Books Collection Set - Heaven, All The Lovers In The Night, Breasts and Eggs - Paperback

Titles in This Set
Heaven
All The Lovers In The Night
Breasts and Eggs

Details
Condition: Brand New
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9789124302603
Publisher: Picador
Age Range: Adult (18+)

Overview
Discover three of contemporary Japanese fiction's most talked-about novels in this Mieko Kawakami 3-book paperback set. Heaven, shortlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize, examines bullying and resilience through a teenage boy's eyes. All the Lovers in the Night follows a solitary proofreader awakening to new possibilities, while Breasts and Eggs, an international bestseller, traces three women's lives across a Tokyo summer and beyond. Together these novels showcase Kawakami's incisive voice, making this set an excellent introduction for new readers and fans of literary fiction in translation.

About the Books
This paperback set brings together Mieko Kawakami's most acclaimed English-language novels, each translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd and united by her close attention to the inner lives of ordinary people navigating an unequal world. Heaven opens the collection with a spare, unflinching account of a fourteen-year-old boy tormented for having a lazy eye, and the tentative friendship he forms with a classmate who understands his suffering; its quiet intensity earned it a place on the International Booker Prize shortlist and cemented Kawakami's reputation for writing adolescence without sentimentality. All the Lovers in the Night shifts to adulthood, following Fuyuko Irie, a freelance proofreader whose isolated, orderly routine is disrupted by an unexpected connection that forces her to reconsider the life she has quietly settled into; the novel was named a best book of the year by several major outlets. Breasts and Eggs, the work that first brought Kawakami international acclaim, follows sisters Natsuko and Makiko and Makiko's daughter Midoriko through a sweltering Tokyo summer, then returns to Natsuko years later as she confronts questions of motherhood, autonomy, and her own body. Across all three novels, Kawakami writes with tenderness and unsparing honesty about gender, isolation, and the small, stubborn ways people find to keep going, offering a cohesive portrait of contemporary Japan from one of its most acclaimed living novelists.

Key Benefits

• Three acclaimed Mieko Kawakami novels in one paperback set
• Includes Heaven, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2022
• Features Breasts and Eggs, an international bestseller
• Ideal for fans of literary fiction in translation
• Great gift for book clubs or the holiday season
• Compact paperback, easy to read anywhere

Book-by-Book Guide
Heaven — A bullied fourteen-year-old boy finds solidarity with a classmate who endures similar cruelty.
All The Lovers In The Night — A solitary proofreader is drawn from isolation by an encounter that reshapes her sense of self.
Breasts and Eggs — Three women across two generations confront body image, motherhood, and independence.

About the Author
Mieko Kawakami is a Japanese novelist born in Osaka who began her career as a poet before publishing her first novella in 2007. Her writing is known for its poetic precision and unflinching focus on the female body, ethics, and modern life. Breasts and Eggs became an international bestseller, while Heaven was shortlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize. Kawakami's honors include the Akutagawa Prize, the Tanizaki Prize, and the Murasaki Shikibu Prize, and her novels have been translated into more than twenty languages. She lives in Tokyo.

Why You'll Love This Collection
This set delivers three unforgettable, thought-provoking reads from one of Japan's most acclaimed novelists in one paperback bundle. Whether you're building a literary fiction library, picking a thoughtful birthday gift, or looking for absorbing book club material, this collection offers depth, honesty, and unforgettable characters.

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