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Mieko Kawakami

Mieko Kawakami is the author of the internationally best-selling novel Breasts and Eggs , a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and one of TIME 's Best 10 Books of 2020; and the highly-acclaimed Heaven, her second novel to be translated and published in English, which Oprah Daily described as written "with jagged, visceral beauty." Born in Osaka, Japan, Kawakami made her literary debut as a poet in 2006, and in 2007 published her first novella, My Ego, My Teeth, and the World . Known for...See more