Hitomi kanehara has books on goodreads with 12288 ratings. The prizewinning cult classic and international bestseller wi. Hitomi kaneharas snakes and earrings begins as the young and beautiful barbie girl lui finds herself mesmerized by the split, snakelike tongue of a young man named ama. After dropping out of school and living on the streets for some years, hitomi kanehara started to write. Snakes and earrings by hitomi kanehara theliterarysisters.
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Snakes and earrings is a japanese novel by hitomi kanehara. Japanese writer hitomi kanehara stopped attending school at the age of eleven, and left home when she was a teenager. One of the judges, celebrated writer ryu murakami, said her book was easily the top choice, receiving the highest marks of any work since i became a member of the selection panel. Her second novel, ash baby, has already sold 300,000 copies. Ive also read in english a lot of ogawa yoko, yoshimoto banana, murakami ryu, kawakami hiromi strange weather in tokyo, mishima yukio, kirino natsuo out, kawabata yasunari, abe kobo, kanehara hitomi snakes and earrings, ibuse masuji black rain, hisashi inoue tales from a mountain cave, yoshida shuuichi parade, hiraide takashi. Her novel hebi ni piasu snakes and earrings won the shosetsu subaru literary prize and the akutagawa prize, and sold over a million copies in japan. Snakes and earrings by hitomi kanehara 2005, hardcover for. Her debut, snakes and earrings, was published when she was twentyone and won the top japanese literary award, the akutagawa prize. Buy a cheap copy of snakes and earrings book by hitomi kanehara. She writes about topics that are often considered shocking or sensational, including violence, body modification, sexual deviance, abortion, and dysfunctional relationships. Thanks to my friend sakura, who blogs at chasing bawa, for this copy. Lui short for louis vuitton is a young naive girl with a very self centered outlook on life. Snakes and earrings, hitomi kanehara, vintage originals. One day she meets ama short for amadeus, a tattooed wannabe punk who encourages her to get her tongue split like a snakes tongue.
She has a story to tell, and shell stop at nothing, in order to do so. Hitomi kanehara ingenuously limns the surreal brutality of her countrys contemporary youth culture though the novel works too hard at its ending, forcing lius redemption and realization, snakes and earrings remains elegantly raw and remarkable in its potent simplicity. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Snakes and earrings by kanehara hitomi for sale online ebay. The author, hitomi kanehara, was just 21 at the time. Books by hitomi kanehara author of snakes and earrings. This debut novel by hitomi kanehara was the joint winner of the 2003 akutagawa prize. The two young women created a media sensation in japan with works that. Hitomi kanehara s most popular book is snakes and earrings. To be perfectly honest i have never read a book by a japanese author before i. In 2004, snakes and earrings won the top japanese literary award, the akutagawa prize. Snakes and earrings by hitomi kanehara fantastic fiction. They are the post midnight denizens of the clubs, tattoo parlors and all night noodle shops on tokyos ginza strip.
Snakes and earrings by hitomi kanehara and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The story follows lui, a young woman in tokyo whose fascination with body modification and sadomasochistic sexual activity drives her to make increasingly dangerous personal choices. Snakes and earrings by hitomi kanehara sunday salon we have seen these women on television, in the movies or even in style and high fashion magazines. Snakes and earrings hitomi kanehara lost in translation. Snakes and earrings by hitomi kanehara overdrive rakuten. I was hoping to have time for one more jlit post before leaving the first month of jlc7 only just though, so itll have to be a quick. Snakes and earrings by hitomi kanehara 250 mass market paperback. I have piercings myself but the beginning of the book made me squirm with distaste. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a. Her work has been translated into more than a dozen languages worldwide. He talked about several ya books by japanese authors who didnt try to write about adults in teenage disguise but about real. He loved me and i would rather have him become one with me than disappear from my life.
The following year snakes and earrings was honoured with japans most prestigious literary award, the akutagawa prize for promising new authors, which was bestowed jointly to kaneharas novel and risa watayas keritai senaka roughly, the back i want to kick. Hitomi kanehara books list of books by author hitomi kanehara. The story revolves around lui, a nineteenyearold girl who, after meeting ama, a guy whose body is full of tattoos and who also has a snakelike forked. Witness the life of lui for one so young, she seems hell bent on destroying her life with lurid sex, tattoos, piercings and alcohol. Hitomi kanehara stopped attending high school at eleven, left home as a teenager and began sending her stories by email to her writer father who helped edit them.
Sep 12, 2015 snakes and earrings is a short novella written by hitomi kanehara and it has won the akutagawa literary prize in 2003, one of the most prestigious and wellrecognised literary prizes in japan. May 23, 2005 the author was only 20 when she won japans prestigious akutagawa prize for this lurid first novel, which will raise a few eyebrows stateside as well. Snakes and earrings originally published in japan as hebi. Snakes and earrings hebi ni piasu is a japanese novel by hitomi kanehara, first published in 2003 in the literary magazine shosetsu subaru, then. Snakes and earrings originally published in japan as hebi ni. Snakes and earrings originally published in japan as hebi ni piasu. To be perfectly honest i have never read a book by a japanese author before i can feel my cultural curiosity cringe at the very thought and i was introduced to hitomi kanehara at an author event with melvin burgess. Twentyoneyearold hitomi kaneharas akutagawa awardwinning snakes and earrings is adequate preparation for your meeting with the needle. In 2003, her first novel, hebi ni piasu snakes and earrings won the subaru literary prize, and in january of the following year the akutagawa prize.
Jan 08, 2017 in 2004, snakes and earrings won the top japanese literary award, the akutagawa prize. Hitomi kanehara won the akutagawa prize for debut fiction in 2004, and her novel snakes and earrings became a runaway japanese. Hitomi kanehara wrote her first novel hebi ni piasu snakes and earrings at the age of 21. Snakes and earrings by kanehara, hitomi, 1983publication date 2005 topics tattooing, tattoo artists publisher. Hitomi kanehara won the akutagawa prize for debut fiction in 2004, and her novel snakes and earrings became a runaway japanese bestseller. The modern japanese society comes under the microscope, goes through her fine filter and comes out at the. She became the youngest recipients of the akutagawa prize in history. Snakes and earrings by hitomi kanehara 20050519 hitomi kanehara on. May 19, 2005 hitomi kanehara won the akutagawa prize for debut fiction in 2004, and her novel snakes and earrings became a runaway japanese bestseller. Hitomi kanehara primary author only author division.
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Hitomi kanehara is the author of snakes and earrings which won the top japanese literary award, the akutagawa prize. Feb, 2008 discover book depositorys huge selection of hitomi kanehara books online. Snakes and earrings is the riveting story of a young girls descent through the dark and disturbing. Dec 01, 2003 snakes and earrings by hitomi kanehara is an interesting read. Shortly after the japanese book was published, dutton acquired the english translation rights. Snakes and earrings by hitomi kanehara may, 2005 on. Amazingly, she was just only twenty years old at that time. Yet because japanese society as a whole has experienced many shocks since world war ii, and especially in the postbubble era, the.
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