Häftad, Engelska, 2023
Idol, Burning
Av Rin Usami
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Beskrivning
WINNER OF THE AKUTAGAWA PRIZE'Usami so successfully depicts the consequences of pure obsession' Guardian'Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand what it is like to be a teenage girl' Catherine PrasifkaHigh-school student Akari has only one passion in her life: her oshi, her idol. His name is Masaki Ueno, best known as one-fifth of Japanese pop group Maza Maza. Akari's dedication to her oshi consumes her days completely - until he disgraces himself and Akari's world goes into a tailspin.
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- Utgivningsdatum: 2023-08-03
- Mått: 129 x 198 x 8 mm
- Vikt: 102 g
- Format: Häftad
- Språk: Engelska
- Antal sidor: 144
- Förlag: Canongate Books
- ISBN: 9781838856137
- Översättare: Asa Yoneda
- Utmärkelser: Winner of Akutagawa Prize 2020 (Japan)
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Born in 1999, Rin Usami is a university student and writer. Her debut novel Kaka won the Bungei Prize and the Mishima Yukio Prize. Her second novel Oshi, Moyu / Idol, Burning won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize in 2020 and has become a phenomenon, selling over 500,000 copies in Japan alone. She lives in Japan.Asa Yoneda is a literary translator based in Bristol, UK, whose work includes The Lonesome Bodybuilder by Yukiko Motoya and Dead-End Memories by Banana Yoshimoto.
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