All the Lovers in the Night
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3.9
Mieko Kawakami
FINALIST for the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Award for FictionA BEST BOOK OF 2022Oprah Daily・TIME Magazine・Washington Post・Publishers Weekly・Lit HubBestselling author of Breasts and Eggs Mieko Kawakami invites readers back into her immediately recognizable fictional world with this new, extraordinary novel and demonstrates yet again why she is one of today's most uncategorizable, insightful, and talented novelists. Fuyuko Irie is a freelance copy editor in her mid-thirties. Working and living alone in a city where it is not easy to form new relationships, she has little regular contact with anyone other than her editor, Hijiri, a woman of the same age but with a very different disposition. When Fuyuko stops one day on a Tokyo street and notices her reflection in a storefront window, what she sees is a drab, awkward, and spiritless woman who has lacked the strength to change her life and decides to do something about it.As the long overdue change occurs, however, painful episodes from Fuyuko's past surface and her behavior slips further and further beyond the pale. All the Lovers in the Night is acute and insightful, entertaining and engaging; it will make readers laugh, and it will make them cry, but it will also remind them, as only the best books do, that sometimes the pain is worth it."In the skilled hands of Bett and Boyd, Kawakami's prose is instantly recognizable--immediate, incisive, and unfailingly honest."--Katie Kitamura, Entertainment Weekly (A Most Anticipated Book of 2022)
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Author
Mieko Kawakami
Pages
224
Publisher
Europa Editions
Published Date
2022
ISBN
1609456998 9781609456993
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"I listened to the audiobook and liked it, but it might have been easier to follow if I’d been reading it. "
Kate Double
"Slow start, was t sure if I’d want to finish it. Once the main character starts to figure themself out it’s an interesting, quick read"
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Hunter Lee
"All I can say is Kawakami actually achieves what Murakami fails to do in my eyes. She writes with the same dreamy, atmospheric quality while also allowing for actual character development and meaningful pacing. Maybe I’m just biased because I prefer female POVs, but I definitely have to read more of her work now. I was disappointed that it took a man for the MC to overcome her issues with social interaction, but I’m at least glad they didn’t end up together. I do wish that the story had focused more on Fuyuko’s relationship with Hijiro and maybe some hobbies, instead of making her solely obsessed with Mitsutsuka, but I think the ending subverted that a little bit."
Aditi Katta
"I loved it. Wow. The only thing I didn't like was how she mentioned other women being big. Maybe I misunderstood but it seemed strangely out of place and in poor taste."
Nena Obrien
