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Yagi, Emi, 1988-
Subjects
Pregnant women -- Fiction.
Sexual harassment -- Fiction.
Women -- Fiction.
Truthfulness and falsehood -- Fiction.
Japan -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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Yagi, Emi, 1988-
Pregnant women -- Fiction.
Sexual harassment -- Fiction.
Women -- Fiction.
Truthfulness and falsehood -- Fiction.
Japan -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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Diary of a void : a novel /
Emi
Yagi
; translated from the Japanese by David Boyd and Lucy North.
by
Yagi
,
Emi
,
1988-
Viking, 2022.
Call #:
FICTION YAG
Subjects
Pregnant women -- Fiction.
Sexual harassment -- Fiction.
Women -- Fiction.
Truthfulness and falsehood -- Fiction.
Japan -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780143136873 (hc.)
Description:
213 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
"Originally published in Japan as Kūshin techō by Chikumashobo Ltd, Tokyo, in 2020."--T.p. verso.
Translated from the Japanese.
Summary:
"When thirty-four-year-old Ms. Shibata gets a new job in Tokyo to escape sexual harassment at her old one, she finds that, as the only woman at her new workplace-a company that manufactures cardboard tubes-she is expected to do all the menial tasks. One day she announces that she can't clear away her colleagues' dirty cups-because she's pregnant and the smell nauseates her. The only thing is... Ms. Shibata is not pregnant. Pregnant Ms. Shibata doesn't have to serve coffee to anyone. Pregnant Ms. Shibata isn't forced to work overtime. Pregnant Ms. Shibata rests, watches TV, takes long baths, and even joins an aerobics class for expectant mothers. But pregnant Ms. Shibata also has a nine-month ruse to keep up. Helped along by towel-stuffed shirts and a diary app on which she can log every stage of her "pregnancy," she feels prepared to play the game for the long haul. Before long, though, the hoax becomes all-absorbing, and the boundary between her lie and her life begins to dissolve. A surreal and wryly humorous cultural critique, Diary of a Void is bound to become a landmark in feminist world literature"--Provided by publisher.
Genre:
Psychological fiction.
Humorous fiction.
First novel.
Japanese fiction -- Translations into English.
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