Natsuko Imamura The Woman in the Purple Skirt recensie en informatie over de inhoud van deze nieuwe Japanse roman. Op 8 juni 2021 verschijnt bij Uitgeverij Penguin Books de Engelse vertaling van de roman むらさきのスカートの女 van de Japanse schrijfster Natsuko Imamura.
Natsuko Imamura The Woman in the Purple Skirt Recensie en informatie
Als de redactie het boek leest, kun je op deze pagina de recensie en waardering vinden van deze roman uit Japan, The Woman in the Purple Skirt. Het boek is geschreven door Natsuko Imamura. Daarnaast zijn hier gegevens van de uitgave en bestelmogelijkheden opgenomen. Bovendien kun je op deze pagina informatie lezen over de inhoud van de nieuwe roman van de Japanse schrijfster Natsuko Imamura.
The Woman in the Purple Skirt
- Schrijfster: Natsuko Imamura (Japan)
- Soort boek: Japanse roman
- Origineel: むらさきのスカートの女 (2019)
- Engelse vertaling: Lucy North
- Uitgever: Penguin Books
- Verschijnt: 8 juni 2021
- Omvang: 224 pagina’s
- Uitgave: Gebonden Boek
Flaptekst van de roman van Natsuko Imamura
A bestselling, prizewinning novel of obsession and psychological intrigue about two enigmatic unmarried women, one of whom manipulates the other from afar, by one of Japan’s most acclaimed young writers.
Almost every day, the Woman in the Purple Skirt buys a single cream bun and goes to the park, where she sits on a bench to eat it as the local children taunt her. She is observed at all times by the undetected narrator, the Woman in the Yellow Cardigan. From a distance the Woman in the Purple Skirt looks like a schoolgirl, but there are age spots on her face, and her hair is dry and stiff. Like the Woman in the Yellow Cardigan, she is single, she lives in a small, run-down apartment, and she is short on money. The Woman in the Yellow Cardigan lures her to a job where she herself works, as a hotel housekeeper; soon the Woman in the Purple Skirt is having an affair with the boss. Unfortunately, no one knows or cares about the Woman in the Yellow Cardigan. That’s the difference between her and the Woman in the Purple Skirt.
Studiously deadpan, highly original, and unsettling, The Woman in the Purple Skirt explores the dynamics of envy, the mechanisms of power in the workplace, and the vulnerability of unmarried women in a taut, voyeuristic narrative about the sometimes desperate desire to be seen.
