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DIARY OF A VOID / Emi Yagi ; TRANSLATED FROM THE JAPANESE BY David Boyd and Lucy North.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: London : Vintage, 2023Copyright date: ©2022Edition: English editionDescription: 213 pages ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781529114812
Uniform titles:
  • Kūshin techō. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 895.636 23
Awards:
  • The No.1 Sunday Times Bestseller.
Summary: For the sake of women everywhere, Ms Shibata is going to pull off the mother of all deceptions... As the only woman in her office, Ms Shibata is expected to do all the menial tasks. One day she announces that she can't clear away her coworkers' dirty cups -- because she's pregnant and the smell nauseates her. The only thing is... Ms Shibata is not pregnant. Pregnant Ms Shibata doesn't have to serve coffee to anyone. Pregnant Ms Shibata isn't forced to work overtime. Pregnant Ms Shibata can rest, watch TV, take long baths, and even join an aerobics class for expectant mothers. But she has a nine-month ruse to keep up. Before long, it becomes all-absorbing, and with the help of towel-stuffed shirts and a diary app that tracks every stage of her 'pregnancy', the boundary between her lie and her life begins to dissolve. Just how far will Ms Shibata go with the lie?
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Originally published in Japan as 'Kūshin techō': Tokyo : Chikuma Shobo Publishing Co., Ltd., 2020.

First published in English by Harvill Secker, 2022.

For the sake of women everywhere, Ms Shibata is going to pull off the mother of all deceptions... As the only woman in her office, Ms Shibata is expected to do all the menial tasks. One day she announces that she can't clear away her coworkers' dirty cups -- because she's pregnant and the smell nauseates her. The only thing is... Ms Shibata is not pregnant. Pregnant Ms Shibata doesn't have to serve coffee to anyone. Pregnant Ms Shibata isn't forced to work overtime. Pregnant Ms Shibata can rest, watch TV, take long baths, and even join an aerobics class for expectant mothers. But she has a nine-month ruse to keep up. Before long, it becomes all-absorbing, and with the help of towel-stuffed shirts and a diary app that tracks every stage of her 'pregnancy', the boundary between her lie and her life begins to dissolve. Just how far will Ms Shibata go with the lie?

Translated from the Japanese.

The No.1 Sunday Times Bestseller.

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