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title: "Breasts and Eggs: A powerful and intimate novel about what it means to be a woman in modern Japan"
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# Breasts and Eggs: A powerful and intimate novel about what it means to be a woman in modern Japan

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- **What is this?** Breasts and Eggs: A powerful and intimate novel about what it means to be a woman in modern Japan
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## Description

The bestselling novel about three women struggling to determine their own lives in contemporary Tokyo. Breathtaking – Haruki Murakami, author of Norwegian Wood A New York Times Notable Book of the Year and one of Elena Ferrante's Top 40 Books by Female Authors . Shortlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation. On a hot summer’s day in a poor suburb of Tokyo we meet three women: thirty-year-old Natsuko, her older sister Makiko, and Makiko’s teenage daughter Midoriko. Makiko, an ageing hostess despairing the loss of her looks, has travelled to Tokyo in search of breast enhancement surgery. She's accompanied by her daughter, who has recently stopped speaking, finding herself unable to deal with her own changing body and her mother’s self-obsession. Her silence dominates Natsuko’s rundown apartment, providing a catalyst for each woman to grapple with their own anxieties and their relationships with one another. Eight years later, we meet Natsuko again. She is now a writer and finds herself on a journey back to her native city, returning to memories of that summer and her family’s past as she faces her own uncertain future. In Breasts and Eggs Mieko Kawakami paints a radical and intimate portrait of contemporary working class womanhood in Japan, recounting the heartbreaking journeys of three women in a society where the odds are stacked against them. Translated from the Japanese by Sam Bett and David Boyd. Bold, modern and surprising – An Yu, author of Braised Pork Incredible and propulsive – Naoise Dolan, author of Exciting Times

Review: Beautiful book - Such an amazing book make u sit with your self n makes u reconsider your life choices
Review: Self Image, Memory, Being a women - This book touches a lot of themes, among others: memories, sense of self, Being a women, pregnancy, infertility, and child birth

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
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| Best Sellers Rank | #5,703 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #347 in Contemporary Fiction (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 4,327 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beautiful book
*by A***R on 6 July 2026*

Such an amazing book make u sit with your self n makes u reconsider your life choices

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Self Image, Memory, Being a women
*by A***U on 19 October 2020*

This book touches a lot of themes, among others: memories, sense of self, Being a women, pregnancy, infertility, and child birth

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Perfect👍
*by A***N on 24 June 2026*

Awesome.

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