Hunchback - Rilegato

Ichikawa, Saou

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0593734718 ISBN 13: 9780593734711

Casa editrice: Hogarth Pr, 2025

Riassunto

A bombshell bestseller in Japan, a provocative, defiant debut novel about a young woman in a care home seeking autonomy and the full possibilities of her life—"a darkly funny portrait of disability" (Japan Times)

“Unforgettable.” –Sayaka Murata, author of Convenience Store Woman and Earthlings

Born with a congenital muscle disorder, Shaka spends her days in her room in a care home outside Tokyo, relying on an electric wheelchair to get around and a ventilator to breathe. But if Shaka's physical life is limited, her quick, mischievous mind has no boundaries: she takes e-learning courses on her iPad, publishes explicit fantasies on websites, and anonymously troll-tweets to see if anyone is paying attention (“If I were to live again, I’d want to be a highclass prostitute”). One day, she tweets into the void an offer of an enormous sum of money for a sperm donor. To her surprise—and ours—her new nurse accepts the dare, unleashing a series of events that will forever change Shaka's sense of herself as a woman in the world.

Hunchback has shaken Japanese literary culture with its skillful depiction of the physical body and unrepentant humor. Winner of the prestigious Akutagawa Prize, it's a feminist story about the dignity of an individual who insist on her right to make choices for herself, no matter the consequences. Formally creative and refreshingly unsentimental, Hunchback depicts the joy, anger, and desires of a woman demanding autonomy in a world that doesn't aways always grant it to people like her. Full of wit, bite, and heart, this unforgettable novel reminds us all of the full potential of our lives, no matter the limitations we experience.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Saou Ichikawa graduated from the School of Human Sciences, Waseda University. Her bestselling debut novel, Hunchback, won the Bungakukai Prize for New Writers and she is the first author with a physical disability to receive the Akutagawa Prize, one of Japan's top literary prizes. She has congenital myopathy and uses a ventilator and an electric wheelchair. She lives outside Tokyo.

Polly Barton is an award-winning translator and writer. She lives in Bristol, England.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Hogarth Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2025
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0593734718
• ISBN 13: 9780593734711
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 96
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile