Twinkle Twinkle

(Hardback)

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Japan's 500,000 copy best-seller and winner of the prestigious Lady Murasaki Literary Award, TWINKLE TWINKLE is available now in English for the first time. Newlyweds Shoko and Mutsuki appear at first to be an ordinary couple, but appearances are deceptive. Alternating between the point of views of husband and wife, this is the unique tale of an emotionally instable alcoholic woman married to a decidedly gay man in a bid to appease their parents. But when the couple start to doubt their arrangement - and their parents begin to suspect the truth - they must find a thoroughly modern way to continue their marriage of convenience. Delicately structured and written in a light, highly polished style, TWINKLE TWINKLE introduces the English-speaking world to one of Japan's brightest lights in contemporary women's fiction.

Reviews

Simultaneously seductive and elusive...Ekuni serves up an array of subtly nuanced emotion. - Lambda Lit Review

Bright and clear(Twinkle Twinkle) is modern, charming, and thoroughly enjoyable. - The Guardian

This book is simple. This book is a pearl...Twinkle Twinkle is totally earnest, and absolutely surprising." - BUST Magazine

Author Bio

Kaori Ekuni, one of Japan's foremost young female writers, has won the prestigious Lady Murasaki Literary Award and written several novels. This work, which sold 500,000 copies in its original edition, is her first work to appear in English.