“It meant you weren’t popular,” said Kawakami, 43, the author of “Breasts and Eggs,” a best-selling novel in Japan that was published in English in April. That’s a very strong code in Japanese society.”It’s a code she knows well, but one that she — and her characters — have gone about transcending. Kawakami has since become something of a literary feminist icon in Japan. The English edition of “Breasts and Eggs” was published by Europa Editions in a translation by Sam Bett and David Boyd. Natsuko, who remains single throughout the novel, explores artificial insemination with a sperm donor, a rare path to motherhood for unmarried women in Japan.

Source: bd News24 May 12, 2020 10:03 UTC