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Breasts and Eggs
by Mieko Kawakami
BREASTS AND EGGS by MIEKO KAWAKAMI translated by SAM BETT and DAVID BOYD
Japan 🇯🇵
This is one of those books that I had on my kindle and dipped in and out of. Initially, I never felt any pull to read this book, but I persevered because it had so many good reviews. I’m not sure exactly how long it took me to read in the end — over a year, I think. It was the final thirty percent that I really enjoyed, though. That’s, therefore, what the remainder of my review will be based upon:
A single woman wants to have a baby, but she has no desire to have sex — she tried it and it wasn’t for her. She doesn’t really want a relationship either. She’s quite happy being alone. Well, happy might be the wrong word seeing as no one is happy in this novel. But that’s ok. Most people in real life aren’t happy either. So the plot is basically this woman talking to friends and acquaintances about her desire to be a single mother, and hearing their points of view. This is where it gets interesting because it becomes a question for feminist study and that intrigued me. Although I have no real interest in motherhood myself (in fact, I tend to avoid books with that as their central theme) I was still intrigued by these dialogues; they felt important.
It’s really tough for me to review this book well when I read the beginning over a year ago and the middle felt so stodgy that I can hardly remember it (something about throwing eggs around and an elective mute teenager?!) so don’t take my word for anything. In fact, don’t bother reading this review. Sorry if you made it this far…
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Japan 🇯🇵
This is one of those books that I had on my kindle and dipped in and out of. Initially, I never felt any pull to read this book, but I persevered because it had so many good reviews. I’m not sure exactly how long it took me to read in the end — over a year, I think. It was the final thirty percent that I really enjoyed, though. That’s, therefore, what the remainder of my review will be based upon:
A single woman wants to have a baby, but she has no desire to have sex — she tried it and it wasn’t for her. She doesn’t really want a relationship either. She’s quite happy being alone. Well, happy might be the wrong word seeing as no one is happy in this novel. But that’s ok. Most people in real life aren’t happy either. So the plot is basically this woman talking to friends and acquaintances about her desire to be a single mother, and hearing their points of view. This is where it gets interesting because it becomes a question for feminist study and that intrigued me. Although I have no real interest in motherhood myself (in fact, I tend to avoid books with that as their central theme) I was still intrigued by these dialogues; they felt important.
It’s really tough for me to review this book well when I read the beginning over a year ago and the middle felt so stodgy that I can hardly remember it (something about throwing eggs around and an elective mute teenager?!) so don’t take my word for anything. In fact, don’t bother reading this review. Sorry if you made it this far…
#book #bookstagram #womenintranslationmonth #japaneseliterature #bookstagrammer #bookreview #bookrecommendations #bookreader #bookrecommendation #breastsandeggs #bookreviewer #bookreviews #bookrecs #bookreading #bookreviewers #bookreviewersofinstagram