Gifted
Suzuki, Suzumi, 1983-2024
Book
"Drawing on her own experiences as a hostess and adult film actor, Gifted-Suzumi Suzuki's first novel to be translated into English - offers a nuanced, frank, and intimate portrayal of the lives of a mother and daughter getting by (or not) in an industry rarely depicted authentically in literary fiction. In the last days of her mother's life, a young woman living in Tokyo's red-light district is thrust into a split existence. By day, she negotiates her new role as caregiver of an abusive parent. By night, she drifts home from the hospital, goes out with other sex-workers, thinks about quitting smoking, and numbly remembers Eri, a friend who died the summer before. Her sensitivity to the details of her surroundings grounds an otherwise unstable world, one where each interaction requires a subtle negotiation of economic and sexual power, and proximity rarely means intimacy or connection."-- Provided by publisher.
Main title:
Gifted / Suzumi Suzuki ; translated by Allison Markin Powell.
Author:
Suzuki, Suzumi, 1983-, authorPowell, Allison Markin, translator
Work:
Imprint:
Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2024.©2024
Collation:
144 pages ; 22 cm
Notes:
First published in Japanese by Bungeishunjnu Ltd. in 2022.Translated from the Japanese.
ISBN:
9781761380440 (paperback)
Dewey class:
895.636
Language:
EnglishJapanese
Subject:
BRN:
478644