The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida:
a novel of modern Japan

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The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida:
a novel of modern Japan

Overview

A bewitching novel set in contemporary Japan about the mysterious suicide of a young woman.

Miwako Sumida is dead.

Now those closest to her try to piece together the fragments of her life. Ryusei, who always loved Miwako, follows her trail to a remote Japanese village. Chie, her best friend, was the only person to know her true identity — but is now the time to reveal it? Meanwhile, Fumi, Ryusei’s sister, has her own haunting secret.

Together, they realise that the young woman they thought they knew had more going on than they could ever have dreamed.

Details

Format
Paperback
Size
210mm x 135mm
Extent
288 pages
ISBN
9781913348328
RRP
GBP£12.99
Pub date
8 October 2020

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Praise

‘The gap between the private pain we suffer and the public image we project is explored with sensitivity and tenderness.’

Claire AllfreeDaily Mail

‘Vivid and intriguing — an elegantly cryptic, poetically plotted Murakami-esque whydunit.’

Sharlene Teo, award–winning author of Ponti
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About the Author

Clarissa Goenawan is an Indonesian-born Singaporean writer and translator. Her award-winning short stories have appeared in literary magazines and anthologies in Singapore, Australia, Japan, Indonesia, Italy, the UK, and the US. Rainbirds, her debut novel, has been published in eleven different languages. Her second novel, The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida, came out in 2020. Watersong is her third novel.

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