Earthlings: A Novel by Sayaka Murata (English) Compact Disc Book

Description: Earthlings by Sayaka Murata, Ginny Tapley Takemori, Nancy Wu As a child, Natsuki doesnt fit into her family. Her parents favor her sister, and her best friend is a plush toy hedgehog named Piyyut who has explained to her that he has come from the planet Popinpobopia on a special quest to help her save the Earth. Each summer, Natsuki counts down the days until her family drives into the mountains of Nagano to visit her grandparents in their wooden house in the forest, a place that couldnt be more different from her grey commuter town. One summer, her cousin Yuu confides to Natsuki that he is an extraterrestrial and that every night he searches the sky for the spaceship that might take him back to his home planet. Natsuki wonders if she might be an alien too.Back in her city home, Natsuki is scolded or ignored and even preyed upon by a young teacher at her cram school. As she grows up in a hostile, violent world, she consoles herself with memories of her time with Yuu and discovers a surprisingly potent inner power. Natsuki seems forced to fit into a society she deems a "baby factory," but even as a married woman she wonders if there is more to this world than the mundane reality everyone else seems to accept. The answers are out there, and Natsuki has the power to find them.Dreamlike, sometimes shocking, and always strange and wonderful, Earthlings asks what it means to be happy in a stifling world and cements Sayaka Muratas status as a master chronicler of the outsider experience and our own uncanny universe. FORMAT Compact Disc LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Sayaka Murata is the author of many books, including Convenience Store Woman, winner of the Akutagawa Prize. Murata has been named a Freemans "Future of New Writing" author and a Vogue Japan Woman of the Year.Ginny Tapley Takemori has translated works by more than a dozen Japanese writers, including Ryu Murakami. She lives at the foot of a mountain in Eastern Japan.Nancy Wu has narrated audiobooks since 2004, winning three AudioFile Earphones Awards. A New York theater, television, and film actor, she has recorded in studios all over the world--from Italy to Switzerland to Thailand. Her credits include Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Hope & Faith, All My Children, Made for Each Other, and the Oscar-nominated film Frozen River. Review "Exhilaratingly weird and funny...Unsettling and totally unpredictable."-- "The Guardian (London)"[A] shocking story about the consequences of nonconformity in a society with rigid expectations."-- "Shelf Awareness""A critique of cultural expectations that limit what women can be and what they can do...[using] horror and science fiction to explore real-world problems."-- "Kirkus Reviews""It enthusiastically challenges most of our most deeply held societal taboos."-- "BookPage""Societally defiant, shockingly disconnected, and disturbingly satisfying." -- "Booklist""This eye-opening, grotesque outing isnt to be missed."-- "Publishers Weekly (starred and boxed review)""A celebration of nonconformity that is both joyous and unsettling."-- "New Yorker""A gem of a book...A gift to anyone who has ever felt at odds with the world."-- "Ruth Ozeki, author of A Tale for the Time Being""As intoxicating as a sake mojito...A literary prize-winner thats also a page turner."-- "Vogue""Casts a fluorescent spell...A thrifty and offbeat exploration of what we must each leave behind to participate in the world."-- "New York Times""I loved this book! It easily converted me to being an alien. Radical, hilarious, heartbreaking."-- "Elif Batuman, author of The Idiot""Immensely charming, strange, and heart-stomping...Earthlings should be one of the main fictional events of 2020."-- "Literary Hub""A new statement by Murata that finding your own freedom is a struggle against family and society which takes sacrifice."-- "Books and Boo""This is one that should be on everyones wish list."-- "Japan Times" Review Quote "This is one that should be on everyones wish list." Details ISBN1094189065 Author Nancy Wu Short Title Earthlings LIB/e Language English Year 2020 ISBN-10 1094189065 ISBN-13 9781094189062 Format Compact Disc Publication Date 2020-10-06 Subtitle A Novel Playing time 427 Publisher Blackstone Publishing Imprint Blackstone Publishing Edition Description Library Edition Narrator Nancy Wu Translator Ginny Tapley Takemori Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:158538551;

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