Итикава Сао — новинки

A bombshell bestseller in Japan, a provocative, defiant debut novel about a young woman in a care home seeking autonomy and the full possibilities of her life. Born with a congenital muscle disorder, Shaka spends her days in her room in a care home outside Tokyo, relying on an electric wheelchair to get around and a ventilator to breathe. But if Shaka's physical life is limited, her quick, mischievous mind has no boundaries: She takes e-learning courses on her iPad, publishes explicit fantasies on websites, and anonymously troll-tweets to see if anyone is paying attention (“If I were to live again, I’d want to be a high-class…

‘Without mud, the lotus could not survive.’

Born with a congenital muscle disorder, Shaka Isawa has severe spine curvature and uses an electric wheelchair and ventilator. Within the limits of her care home, her life is lived she studies, she tweets indignantly, she posts outrageous stories on an erotica website. One day, a new male carer reveals he has read it all – the sex, the provocation, the dirt. Her response? An indecent proposal…

Written by the first disabled author to win Japan’s most prestigious literary award and acclaimed instantly as one of the most important Japanese novels of the 21st century, Hunchback is an extraordinary, thrilling glimpse into the desire and darkness of a woman placed at humanity’s edge.

第169回芥川賞受賞。
選考会沸騰の大問題作!

「本を読むたび背骨は曲がり肺を潰し喉に孔を穿ち歩いては頭をぶつけ、私の身体は生きるために壊れてきた。」

井沢釈華の背骨は、右肺を押し潰すかたちで極度に湾曲している。
両親が遺したグループホームの十畳の自室から釈華は、あらゆる言葉を送りだす――。