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Hunchback
Ichikawa Saou
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Description for Hunchback
paperback.
LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2025
Born with a congenital muscle disorder, Shaka Isawa has severe spine curvature and uses an electric wheelchair and ventilator. Within the limits of her care home, her life is lived online: she studies, she tweets indignantly, she posts outrageous stories on an erotica website. One day, a new male carer reveals he has read it all – the sex, the provocation, the dirt. Her response? An indecent proposal…
Written by the first disabled author to win Japan’s most prestigious literary award and acclaimed instantly as one of the most important Japanese ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2025
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241700785
SKU
V9780241700785
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-97
About Ichikawa Saou
Saou Ichikawa (1979-) graduated from the School of Human Sciences, Waseda University. Her bestselling debut novel Hunchback won the 128th Bungakukai Prize for New Writers and the 169th Akutagawa Prize. She is the first author with a physical disability to receive the Akutagawa Prize, Japan's premier literary award. She has congenital myopathy, and uses a ventilator and an electric wheelchair ... Read more
Reviews for Hunchback
Unapologetic, unashamed and unflinching. Hunchback grips the reader with its raw, fizzing, subversive energy, even as it shakes off shackles — both physical and mental. A book that moved and thrilled us.
International Booker Prize judges A must-read debut. Funny and frank, this book lingers in the mind long after you turn the final page
BBC Books of ... Read more
International Booker Prize judges A must-read debut. Funny and frank, this book lingers in the mind long after you turn the final page
BBC Books of ... Read more