{"product_id":"sisters-in-yellow-signed-mieko-kawakami","title":"Sisters in Yellow (Signed by Mieko Kawakami)","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"background:#fdf2f8;border:2px solid #ec4899;border-radius:8px;padding:14px;margin-bottom:18px;text-align:center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#be185d;font-size:15px;\"\u003e✒️ SIGNED EDITION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#831843;font-size:13px;\"\u003eSigned by Mieko Kawakami · Official Picador signed edition · Only one copy · Excluded from sale pricing\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE YOMIURI PRIZE FOR LITERATURE · From the International Booker Prize-shortlisted author of \u003cem\u003eHeaven\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHana has nothing but she's hopeful.\u003c\/strong\u003e She's fifteen years old. She lives in a tiny apartment in a suburb of Tokyo with her young mother, a hostess at a local dive bar. They have no money, no security. Then \u003cstrong\u003eKimiko\u003c\/strong\u003e appears.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKimiko is older, a bright light in Hana's dark world. Together they set up \u003cstrong\u003eLemon\u003c\/strong\u003e, a bar that, despite its shabby setting and seedy clientele, becomes a haven for Hana. Suddenly Hana has a job she loves, friends to share her days with, and the glittering promise of money. She feels like a normal girl. She feels invincible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut in the narrow alleys of Sangenjaya, nothing is as it seems. Soon all of Hana's hope, her optimism and her drive will be tested to the limit…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA story of enduring friendship and deep betrayal, \u003cem\u003eSisters in Yellow\u003c\/em\u003e is \u003cstrong\u003ea masterpiece of teenage dreams and adult cruelties\u003c\/strong\u003e that confirms Mieko Kawakami as one of the great writers of her generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePraise for Mieko Kawakami\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“I can never forget the sense of pure astonishment I felt when I first read Mieko Kawakami.”\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eHaruki Murakami\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Mieko Kawakami is a genius.”\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eNaoise Dolan\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Happy Couple\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Mieko Kawakami lobbed a literary grenade into the fusty, male-dominated world of Japanese fiction.”\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eThe New Statesman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“A new generation of readers have made Kawakami the coolest Japanese cult author since Murakami.”\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMieko Kawakami\u003c\/strong\u003e is the acclaimed author of the internationally bestselling novel \u003cem\u003eBreasts and Eggs\u003c\/em\u003e, a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book of the Year and one of \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e's 10 Best Fiction Books. Her other novels include \u003cem\u003eHeaven\u003c\/em\u003e, shortlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize, and \u003cem\u003eAll the Lovers in the Night\u003c\/em\u003e, a finalist for the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. In 2024, \u003cem\u003eSisters in Yellow\u003c\/em\u003e won the Yomiuri Prize for Literature. Her books, translated into over forty languages, are known for their insights into the female body, and philosophical questions surrounding gender, class and ethics in modern society. Born in Osaka, Kawakami lives in Tokyo, Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated by \u003cstrong\u003eLaurel Taylor\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eHitomi Yoshio\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador (Pan Macmillan UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52465850843352,"sku":"9781035095094","price":899.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0818\/1471\/6632\/files\/9781035095094.jpg?v=1789481705","url":"https:\/\/www.readersparadise.co\/products\/sisters-in-yellow-signed-mieko-kawakami","provider":"Readers Paradise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}