The Woman, the Boy and the Whale
$29.75
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
2 March 2027
Summary
A word-of-mouth sensation from Japan about finding connection, centred on a powerful, universal idea: what happens to those whose voices go unheard. Translated by Sam Bett
The mega-bestselling winner of the Japan Booksellers’ Award and author of THE CONVENIENCE STORE BY THE SEA. For fans of Matt Haig and BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD.
Readers adore THE WOMAN, THE BOY AND THE WHALE:
‘I read this in a single sitting and it saved me from the loneliness I had in my heart’ **…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529934939 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529934931 |
| Author: | Sonoko Machida, Sam Bett |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Doubleday |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 2 March 2027 |
| Weight: | 750g |
| Dimensions: | 40mm x 130mm x 204mm |
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Critics Review
A love letter to those who’ve always felt out of step with the world, THE WOMAN, THE BOY, AND THE WHALE tackles difficult themes with heartfelt tenderness and gentle irreverence. Sonoko Machida’s empathetic rendering of her characters reminds us that everyone, flawed as they may appear, deserves compassion. * Mikki Brammer, author of THE COLLECTED REGRETS OF CLOVER *
Sonoko Machida
Sonoko Machida (Author)
Sonoko Machida won the influential Japan Booksellers’ Award in 2021 with her much-loved novel 52-Hertz Whales (retitled in English as The Woman, the Boy and the Whale), which has sold over one million copies in Japan alone and was made into a powerful and hugely acclaimed film. This translation into English by Sam Bett is long awaited. Born in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1980, Sonoko Machida graduated from school to become a hairdresser. While in her twenties, she realized she had a strong wish to write stories. Her most recent book to be translated into English is The Convenience Store by the Sea.
Sam Bett (Translator)
Sam Bett is a fiction writer and Japanese translator. A winner of the Japan-US Friendship Commission Prize, he has translated work by Osamu Dazai, Izumi Suzuki, Yukio Mishima, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Mieko Kawakami, including books shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and the International Booker Prize. As the translator of The Night of Baba Yaga by Akira Otani, he was awarded a CWA Dagger for Crime Fiction in Translation. Sam is also a recipient of the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs Award from the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs.
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