A Studio Ghibli-esque work of Japanese translation "that lays bare the anxieties and desperation-and the small triumphs-of adolescence" (Locus), for fans of Mieko Kawakami's Heaven.
Seven students find unusual common ground in this warm, puzzle-like Japanese bestseller laced with gentle fantasy and compassionate insight.
"This is not your grandmother's St. Joan. . . . If every generation gets the Joan it deserves, ours could do worse than an ass-kicking, avenging angel fighting simply for the right to fight."-The New York Times Book Review
When Ruth Handler walks into the boardroom of the toy company she co-founded and pitches her idea for a doll unlike any other, she knows what she's setting in motion. It might just take the world a moment to catch up.
Yeong-hye and her husband are ordinary people. He is an office worker with moderate ambitions and mild manners; she is an uninspired but dutiful wife. The acceptable flatline of their marriage is interrupted when Yeong-hye, seeking a more 'plant-like' existence, decides to become a vegetarian, prompted by grotesque recurring nightmares. In South Korea, where vegetarianism is almost unheard-of and
The internationally bestselling creator of Netflix smash hit Behind Her Eyes returns to romantasy with five deliciously dark retellings that put the 'Grimms' back in 'fairytales' . . .
The internationally bestselling creator of Netflix smash hit Behind Her Eyes returns to romantasy with five deliciously dark retellings that put the 'Grimms' back in 'fairytales' . . .
The internationally bestselling creator of Netflix smash hit Behind Her Eyes returns to romantasy with five deliciously dark retellings that put the 'Grimms' back in 'fairytales' . . .
The internationally bestselling creator of Netflix smash hit Behind Her Eyes returns to romantasy with five deliciously dark retellings that put the 'Grimms' back in 'fairytales' . . .
The internationally bestselling creator of Netflix smash hit Behind Her Eyes returns to romantasy with five deliciously dark retellings that put the 'Grimms' back in 'fairytales' . . .