{"product_id":"sisters-in-yellow-9781035096138","title":"Sisters in Yellow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInternational Booker shortlisted literary sensation Mieko Kawakami serves us a thrilling, stylish noir of buried secrets and shocking acts.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the International Booker Prize Shortlisted author of Heaven and Breasts and Eggs  Hana has nothing but she's hopeful. She's fifteen years old. She lives in a tiny apartment in a suburb of Tokyo with her young mother, a hostess at a local dive bar. They have no money, no security. Then Kimiko appears.  Kimiko is older, a bright light in Hana's dark world. Together they set up Lemon, a bar that caters to hostesses and their marks, small-time crooks, men with low morals and deep pockets, and anyone down on their luck. Suddenly Hana has a job she loves, friends to share her days with, and the glittering promise of money. She feels like a normal girl. She feels invincible.  But in the seedy streets of Setagaya, nothing is as it seems. Soon all of Hana's hope, her optimism, and her drive, will be tested to the limt . . .  Twenty years later, Kimiko is on trial. Now Hana must wrestle with her own actions, and face their devastating consequences.  A story of enduring friendship and deep betrayal, Sisters in Yellow is a masterpiece of teenage dreams and adult cruelties that confirms Mieko Kawakami as one of the great writers of her generation.\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781035096138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Pan Macmillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 23.4(H)x15.3(L)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eMieko Kawakami is the author of the internationally bestselling novel Breasts and Eggs, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and one of TIME's Best 10 Books of 2020, and the highly-acclaimed Heaven, her second novel to be translated and published in English, which Oprah Daily described as written \"with jagged, visceral beauty.\" Born in Osaka, Japan, Kawakami made her literary debut as a poet in 2006, and in 2007 published her first novella, My Ego, My Teeth, and the World. Known for their poetic qualities, their insights into the female body, and their preoccupation with ethics and modern society, her books have been translated into over twenty languages. Kawakami's literary awards include the Akutagawa Prize, the Tanizaki Prize, and the Murasaki Shikibu Prize. She lives in Tokyo, Japan.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003eMieko Kawakami, \u003cb\u003eJapan’s literary It Girl\u003c\/b\u003e, has a heavy new novel out about money and desperation. * The Japan Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI can never forget the sense of pure astonishment I felt when I first read Mieko Kawakami\u003c\/b\u003e -- Haruki Murakami\u003cbr\u003eMieko Kawakami is a genius -- Naoise Dolan, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Happy Couple\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKawakami is emerging as one of Japan's most prominent young literary voices, with thoughtfulness and eccentricity at the heart of her prose \u003c\/b\u003e * Culture Trip *","brand":"Mieko Kawakami","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48544254951641,"sku":"9781035096138","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781035096138.jpg?v=1776452068","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/sisters-in-yellow-9781035096138","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}