The content and structure of The Ten Loves of Mr Nishino (translated by Allison Markin Powell, review copy courtesy of the publisher) is made clear by the title. You see, while the book is ostensibly about a man, it’s the women in his life who get to talk, and what they have to say makes for very interesting reading indeed. Again, we have a slightly enigmatic central male figure, but this time there’s a twist. Hiromi Kawakami is probably best-known for the offbeat May-to-December romance Strange Weather in Tokyo (AKA The Briefcase), and today’s choice is another that fans of the earlier book will enjoy. While my previous post saw Granta Books bringing a writer into English for the first time, today’s featured author has already had several works published in the Anglosphere, with this latest novel actually the third released by Granta/Portobello in the UK.
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