Mieko Kawakami is a multi-award-winning Japanese author of poetry and fiction. She was born in Osaka prefecture in 1976 and started her career as a singer and songwriter. Kawakami published her debut novella My Ego, My Teeth, and the World in 2007 and has since published several highly acclaimed books, earning her the Tsubouchi Shoyo Prize for Young Emerging Writers, the Murasaki Shikibu Prize and the prestigious Akutagawa prize for Breasts and Eggs. Her work has been translated into nine languages.
One of John Freeman's 29 Writers to Watch
"Whimsical... Described as Haruki Murakami's "favorite young
novelist," Kawakami is destined to charm Anglophone audiences as
well." - Library Journal
"Mieko Kawakami is a master of the novella. . . A moving and
surprisingly funny tale of growing up and learning how to lose, it
is no overstatement to assert that Ms Ice Sandwich is Mieko
Kawakami at her very best. . . Very highly recommended." - Midwest
Book Review
"Delightful... Kawakami's dialogue, fluidly rendered into English
by Louise Heal Kawai, captures beautifully and with great humor the
eager dynamism of a child's mind." - World Literature
Today
"A subtle and endearing novella with a sweet sense of humor.
Kawakami touches on loss, societal perceptions, first loves and new
beginnings through the eyes of a grade-school boy and his
relationships with the women closest to him." --Sara S.,
Vroman's Bookstores
"Mieko Kawakami's 2008 novel Breasts & Eggs won Japan's
prestigious Akutagawa Prize. The reissued novella Ms Ice
Sandwich... is a delightful distraction, and an appetiser for
her work." - The Irish Times
"A touching novella. . . Poignant." - Culture Trip
"Easily digestible...a book that ultimately lives longer in the
memory than the hour or so it takes to read." - Financial Times
"Among many other awards, Haruki Murakami listed Mieko Kawakami as
his favorite young writer, so you're obviously going to want to
snatch up Ms. Ice Sandwich, her first book translated into
English. This is a lovely coming-of-age story about a boy who
becomes obsessed with a woman who sells sandwiches." - Bustle
"In Louise Heal Kawai's translation, the novella is a wonderful
example of the power of narrative voice." - Japan Times
"Reading this quirky coming of age novella was one of the best
hours I've spent in sometime." - The Word's Shortlist (blog)
"Haruki Murakami's favourite young writer. . . a funny, touching
story." - A Life in Books
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