EARTHLINGS
Mind blowing, dark and wild, the new novel from Sayaka Murata - author of bestseller Convenience Store Woman - asks: how far would you go just to be yourself?
Natsuki isn't like the other girls. She has a wand and a transformation mirror. She might be a witch, or an alien from another planet. Together with her cousin Yuu, Natsuki spends her summers in the wild mountains of Nagano, dreaming of other worlds. When a terrible sequence of events threatens to part the two children forever, they make a promise: survive, no matter what.
Now Natsuki is grown. She lives a quiet life with her asexual husband, surviving as best she can by pretending to be normal. But the demands of Natsuki's family are increasing, her friends wonder why she's still not pregnant, and dark shadows from Natsuki's childhood are pursuing her. Fleeing the suburbs for the mountains of her childhood, Natsuki prepares herself with a reunion with Yuu. Will he still remember their promise? And will he help her keep it?
Edad recomendada; Adultos
MURATA SAYAKA
Es una escritora japonesa, graduada en la Kashiwa High School de Tokio y en la Universidad de Tamagawa donde se adentró en el mundo de la escritura. Además de novelas, ha escrito ensayos y cuentos, todos ellos con una fuerte reivindicación feminista sobre la no conformidad y la represión en la sociedad japonesa donde reflexiona acerca del matrimonio, la maternidad y el sexo. En 2003 ganó el premio Gunzo para Nuevos Escritores con su primera novela y en 2013 le entregaron el Mishima Yukio. En 2018 su libro La dependienta, ganador del Premio Akutagawa, se convierte en su primera novela traducida a otros idiomas.
