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Sayaka Murata

Earthlings

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Natsuki isn't like the other girls. She has a wand and a transformation mirror. She might be a witch, or an alien from another planet. Together with her cousin Yuu, Natsuki spends her summers in the wild mountains of Nagano, dreaming of other worlds. When a terrible sequence of events threatens to part the two children forever, they make a promise: survive, no matter what.Now Natsuki is grown. She lives a quiet life with her asexual husband, surviving as best she can by pretending to be normal. But the demands of Natsuki's family are increasing, her friends wonder why she's still not pregnant, and dark shadows from Natsuki's childhood are pursuing her. Fleeing the suburbs for the mountains of her childhood, Natsuki prepares herself with a reunion with Yuu. Will he still remember their promise? And will he help her keep it?
LiteraryMagical RealismComing of AgePsychologicalFiction
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200 printed pages
Publication year
2020
Translator
Ginny Tapley Takemori

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  • Soliloquios Literariosshared an impression4 years ago

    WTH con ese final!

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    • anaismadaishared an impression4 years ago
      👍Worth reading
      🔮Hidden Depths
      🚀Unputdownable

      Unexpected and relatable, an enjoyable read for sure!

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      • Nast Huertashared an impressionlast year
        👎Give This a Miss
        💩Utter Crap
        🙈Lost On Me

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        • Soliloquios Literarioshas quoted4 years ago
          “People will think you’re strange if you say such odd things,” Yuu said after checking that Uncle Teruyoshi had gone. “And once they think you’re strange, life will get really hard for you, you know.” He sighed and sat down
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        • Soliloquios Literarioshas quoted4 years ago
          I was keenly aware that I was unable to fulfill my duty as a tool for the Baby Factory. Being a Popinpobopian, I just couldn’t understand Earthlings. On Earth, young women were supposed to fall in love and have sex, and if they didn’t, they were “lonely” or “bored” or “wasting their youth and would regret it later!”
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        • shikohas quoted2 years ago
          Society was a system for falling in love. People who couldn’t fall in love had to fake it. What came first: the system or love? All I knew was that love was a mechanism designed to make Earthlings breed.
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