{"product_id":"all-the-lovers-in-the-night-9781609456993","title":"All the Lovers in the Night","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFINALIST for the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA BEST BOOK OF 2022\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOprah\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eDaily\u003c\/em\u003e・\u003cem\u003eTIME Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e・\u003cem\u003eWashington\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e Post\u003c\/em\u003e・\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e・\u003cem\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBestselling author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBreasts and Eggs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e 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. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFuyuko 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the long overdue change occurs, however, painful episodes from Fuyuko's past surface and her behavior slips further and further beyond the pale.\u003cem\u003e All the Lovers in the Night \u003c\/em\u003eis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In the skilled hands of Bett and Boyd, Kawakami's prose is instantly recognizable--immediate, incisive, and unfailingly honest.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eKatie Kitamura, \u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e(A Most Anticipated Book of 2022)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBett, Sam:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSam Bett\u003c\/b\u003e studied Japanese at UMass Amherst and Kwansei Gakuin University. Awarded Grand Prize in the 2016 JLPP International Translation Competition, he has translated fiction by Yoko Ogawa, Yukio Mishima, and NisiOisin. He also co-hosts Us\u0026amp;Them, a Brooklyn-based reading series showcasing the work of writers who translate. His translation of Yukio Mishima's \u003ci\u003eStar\u003c\/i\u003e (New Directions, 2019) won the 2019 Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC) Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature. Together with David Boyd, he is the translator of Kawakami's\u003ci\u003e Breasts and Eggs\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoyd, David:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Boyd\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Japanese at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He has translated novels and stories by Hiroko Oyamada, Masatsugu Ono and Toh EnJoe, among others. His translation of Hideo Furukawa's \u003ci\u003eSlow Boat\u003c\/i\u003e (Pushkin Press, 2017) won the 2017\/2018 Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC) Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature. 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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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Europa Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50717360587026,"sku":"9781609456993","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_66cc8212-9d5c-426b-8bef-04228a7502ee.jpg?v=1734616038","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/all-the-lovers-in-the-night-9781609456993","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}