Idol, Burning (eBook)

Rin Usami (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
144 Seiten
Canongate Books (Verlag)
978-1-83885-614-4 (ISBN)

Infos

WINNER OF THE AKUTAGAWA PRIZE'Usami so successfully depicts the consequences of pure obsession' Guardian'Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand what it is like to be a teenage girl' Catherine PrasifkaHigh-school student Akari has only one passion in her life: her oshi, her idol. His name is Masaki Ueno, best known as one-fifth of Japanese pop group Maza Maza. Akari's dedication to her oshi consumes her days completely - until he disgraces himself and Akari's world goes into a tailspin.

Autor

Born in 1999, Rin Usami is a university student and writer. Her debut novel Kaka won the Bungei Prize and the Mishima Yukio Prize. Her second novel Oshi, Moyu / Idol, Burning won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize in 2020 and has become a phenomenon, selling over 500,000 copies in Japan alone. She lives in Japan. Asa Yoneda is a literary translator based in Bristol, UK, whose work includes The Lonesome Bodybuilder by Yukiko Motoya and Dead-End Memories by Banana Yoshimoto.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.11.2022
• Übersetzer: Asa Yoneda
• Verlagsort: Edinburgh
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: adolescence • Akutagawa Prize • cancel culture • Coming of Age • Fandom • fiction in translation • Friendship • Japan • Japanese fiction • literary fiction • Modern fiction • Obsession • otaku culture • Pop culture • strong female protagonist
• ISBN-10: 1-83885-614-5 / 1838856145
• ISBN-13: 978-1-83885-614-4 / 9781838856144