Outside of class, he sticks to his own company at home with an absent father and a well-meaning stepmother. It’s the only way for him to endure the verbal and physical attacks at the hands of the most popular boys in his class. Set in a Japanese middle school, it tells the story of brutal bullying.Įyes (we never find out his real name) has a lazy eye and accepts the bullying that comes his way every day. Heaven is shorter, almost novella length, but packs a strong punch. Heaven is a very different story to Mieko Kawakami’s last translated novel in English, but it shows that no matter what the content, her writing is brilliant. Year: 2021 (original Japanese edition 2009) Why I chose it: Love Japanese novels and enjoyed Breasts and Eggs. The not-so-good: The bullying is brutally described. The good: Kawakami manages to convey so much through just a sentence or two.
Kojima is also being bullied, so when she suggests that they become friends, it sounds like a good idea. In brief: Eyes is being bullied at school because of his lazy eyes.
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