The following year, Kawakami published Breasts and Eggs as a short novella. Her first novella My Ego, My Teeth, and the World, published in 2007, was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize and awarded the Tsubouchi Shoyo Prize for Young Emerging Writers. 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 TodayĪ delightful distraction, and an appetiser for her work ? The Irish Times Biografía del autor Born in Osaka prefecture in 1976, Mieko Kawakami began her career as a singer and songwriter before making her literary debut in 2006. Reading this quirky coming of age novella was one of the best hours I've spent in sometime ? The Word's Shortlist (blog)ĭelightful. Ms Ice Sandwich interrogates what it means to love and lose ? Culture TripĪ funny, touching story ? A Life in Books (blog)
a thought provoking and deeply satisfying read ? Never Imitate (blog)Ī touching novella. a treat ? The Straits TimesĪ deftly written, unusual tale. validates the talent of the author and makes it a good introduction to Mieko Kawakami's universe ? The Japan Society JournalĪ warm, heart-melting story. The narrator's perspective is so singular and well-crafted that Ms Ice Sandwich's message about the ephemerality of human connection is never in any danger of becoming trite and sentimental ? Contemporary Japanese LiteratureĪ refreshing tale of understanding and acceptance. In Louise Heal Kawai's translation the novella is a wonderful example of the power of narrative voice ? Japan Times Described as Haruki Murakami's "favorite young novelist," Kawakami is destined to charm Anglophone audiences as well ? Library Journal Mieko Kawakami is always ceaselessly growing and evolving
a book that ultimately lives longer in the memory than the hour or so it takes to read ? Financial Times This is a lovely coming-of-age story about a boy who becomes obsessed with a woman who sells sandwiches ? BustleĮasily digestible. Gentle, funny, moving and elegantly translated by Louise Heal Kawai, it is a rare treat ? Daily ExpressĪmong many other awards, Haruki Murakami listed Mieko Kawakami as his favourite young writer, so you're obviously going to want to snatch up Ms Ice Sandwich, her first book translated into English.
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