Resultaten voor 'asako yuzuki'
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Hooked
Praise for Hooked:
€ 22,99 -
Hooked
THE MILLION COPY #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF BUTTERIS BACK WITH A NEW NOVEL OF OBSESSION 'Tender and thrilling it's Yuzuki at her best'ELLE 'Deliciously satisfying'iPAPER 'Enjoyable and addictive'INDEPENDENT 'Fantastically dark'ERIN KELLY Eriko really wouldn't mind being savaged, if it was her best friend doing the savaging ... Eriko's life appears perfect - devoted parents, pristine apartment and a high-flying job in the seafood division of one of Japan's largest trading companies. Her latest project, to reintroduce the controversial Nile perch fish into the Japanese market, is characteristically ambitious. But beneath her flawless surface she is wracked by loneliness. Eriko becomes fascinated with a popular blog written by a housewife, Sh¿ko. Sh¿ko's posts about convenience-store food and her messy home are the opposite of the typical manicured housewife. When Eriko tracks Sh¿ko down at her favourite restaurant, Sh¿ko is at first charmed by her new companion. But soon Eriko's obsession with Sh¿ko begins to spiral out of control. How far will she go to hold on to the best friend she's ever had? Beautifully translated by Polly Barton, Hooked is a delicious exploration of food, loneliness and womanhood in contemporary Japan. A most anticipated book in Vogue, Guardian, New York Times, The Times, Sunday Times Style, Elle, Stylist, Graziaand more. 'Expect to see this distinctive pink cover everywhere'GRAZIA 'A psychological thriller with a social commentary bite'INDEPENDENT 'Unsettling, compelling, richly written' JODIE HARSH, author of You Had to Be There 'Translated with crackling verve'GUARDIAN 'I couldn't stop reading'COSTANZA CASATI, author of Babylonia 'Stayed with me for weeks'IRISH TIMES 'Tremendous - an elegantly written ... dissection of female friendship'THE GLOSS 'You can't fail to be reeled in'SERVICE95 'Will leave you gasping'TOBI COVENTRY, author of He's the Devil 'No one writes about the lurking monstrosities of womanhood quite like Asako Yuzuki'ALICE SLATER, author of Death of a Bookseller
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Aquarium
La vita di Eriko sembra perfetta. Una famiglia amorevole, un appartamento impeccabile e un prestigioso lavoro nella divisione di prodotti ittici di una delle più grandi aziende del Giappone. Il suo ultimo progetto, reintrodurre il controverso pesce persico del Nilo nel mercato giapponese, è ambizioso quanto lei. Ma sotto la superficie immacolata si nasconde una solitudine divorante. Eriko non è mai riuscita a stringere un'amicizia vera ed è per questo che è affascinata da Sh¿ko, una popolare blogger di lifestyle che segue ossessivamente. Sh¿ko vive una vita di caos controllato: un appartamento disordinato, cene da asporto acquistate al konbini, un marito gentile e rilassato. L'opposto della tipica casalinga perfetta.Quando Eriko organizza un incontro "casuale" con Sh¿ko, le due donne instaurano un legame bizzarro. Sh¿ko sembra affascinata da lei ed Eriko crede di aver finalmente trovato ciò che ha sempre desiderato. Eppure, via via che l'ossessione di Eriko si acuisce, il suo comportamento sempre più possessivo inizia a destare sospetti. Fino a che punto sarà disposta a spingersi per non perdere la migliore amica che abbia mai avuto? Dopo il successo globale di Butter, il caso editoriale dell'anno, vincitore dei più importanti premi letterari mondiali, Asako Yuzuki ci regala una nuova inquietante esplorazione su cibo, solitudine e femminilità nel Giappone contemporaneo. Un romanzo su un'amicizia tossica, la fame di connessione e i modi silenziosi e ordinari in cui le nostre vite possono andare fuori controllo. Con un'acutezza tagliente e una disarmante empatia, l'autrice indaga cosa siamo disposti a fare per essere visti e cosa accade quando chi ci vede non apprezza ciò che trova.
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Boter
Chef-kok Manako Kajii zit vast voor moord op eenzame mannen die ze naar verluidt verleidde met haar kookkunsten. Ze weigert contact met de buitenwereld, tot journaliste Rika Machida haar schrijft om een recept. Kajii antwoordt, en zo begint een reeks ontmoetingen waarin eten centraal staat. Terwijl Rika hoopt Kajii te doorgronden, raakt ze steeds meer in de ban van haar – en van koken. Hun gesprekken onthullen diepe thema’s als vrouwenhaat, verlangen en identiteit. Boter van Asako Yuzuki is een intrigerende roman, geïnspireerd op een waargebeurde zaak, waarin culinaire passie, maatschappijkritiek en bloeddorstige acties samenkomen. ‘Een thriller met feministische, maatschappelijke beschouwingen, vermengd met recepten die in een kookboek niet zouden misstaan.’ – NRC ***** ‘Wat Boter zo briljant maakt, is dat het individuele eetgewoontes neerzet als een mysterie dat opgelost moet worden.’ – The Guardian
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Tokyo Girls Club
Der neue Roman der Weltbestsellerautorin und British-Book-Award-Gewinnerin Asako Yuzuki! Ein Roman über Besessenheit, Freundschaft und das langsame Zerfallen zweier Leben. Eriko hat einen prestigeträchtigen Job in einer Handelsfirma und ein makelloses Leben, doch unter dieser Oberfläche verbirgt sich eine alles verzehrende Einsamkeit. Sie ist fasziniert von Shoko, einer Hausfrau, die wie eine Katze in den Tag hineinlebt und in ihrem Lifestyle-Blog 'Tagebuch einer nutzlosen Ehefrau' von ihrem hausfrauenunüblichen Alltag berichtet. Als die beiden sich zufällig kennenlernen, entsteht eine besondere Verbindung, die jedoch eine toxische Wendung nimmt, als Shoko plötzlich aufhört zu bloggen und verschwindet. Sie geraten in einen Strudel der Besessenheit, der eine Spur der Verwüstung hinterlässt. 'Tokyo Girls Club' ist ein kühner Roman, fesselnd und mit psychologischem Tiefgang.
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Hooked
A Paperback Original Named a Most Anticipated Book by The New York Times, The Guardian, Forbes, Oprah Daily, Lit Hub, and Publishers Weekly From the author of the international bestseller Butter comes a chilling and perceptive novel about obsession, female friendship, and the slow unraveling of two lives Eriko’s life looks perfect—from her prestigious job at a Japanese trading firm to her spotless apartment and devoted parents. Her newest project, to reintroduce the controversial Nile Perch into the Japanese market, is as ambitious as she is. But beneath her flawless surface lies a consuming loneliness. Eriko has never been able to hold on to a real friend. Enter Shoko: a popular lifestyle blogger whose work Eriko follows obsessively. Shoko lives a life of controlled chaos—messy apartment, take-out dinners, a kind, easy-going husband. She writes about daily contentment, though her fractured relationship with her father gnaws at the edges of her happiness. When Eriko orchestrates a “chance” meeting with Shoko, the two women strike up an unlikely connection. For a fleeting moment, Eriko believes she’s finally found what she’s always longed for. But as her fascination turns to fixation and Shoko’s carefully balanced life begins to dissolve, both women are pushed to breaking points neither of them saw coming. Deftly translated by Polly Barton, Hooked is a taut, provocative novel about modern womanhood, the hunger for connection, and the quiet, ordinary ways our lives can spiral out of control. With razor-sharp insight and disarming empathy, Asako Yuzuki explores how far we’ll go to be seen and what happens when the ones who see us don’t like what they find.
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Hooked
Asako Yuzuki, Translated by Polly Barton
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Butter
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER The cult Japanese bestseller, a literary thriller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer, and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story There are two things that I simply cannot tolerate: feminists and margarine. Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in the Tokyo Detention House convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, whom she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation's imagination, but Kajii refuses to speak with the press, entertaining no visitors. That is until journalist Rika Machida writes a letter asking for her recipe for beef stew, and Kajii can't resist writing back. Rika, the only woman in her news office, works late each night, rarely cooking more than ramen. As the visits unfold between her and the steely Kajii, they are closer to a master class in food than journalistic research. Rika hopes this gastronomic exchange will help her soften Kajii, but it seems that Rika might be the one changing. With each meal she eats, something is awakening in her body. Do she and Kajii have more in common than she once thought? Inspired by the real case of a convicted con woman and serial killer-the "Konkatsu Killer"-Asako Yuzuki's Butter is a vivid, unsettling exploration of misogyny, obsession, romance, and the transgressive pleasures of food in Japan.
€ 19,50