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Title details for Earthlings by Sayaka Murata - Available

Earthlings

by Sayaka Murata
Nancy Wu
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Natsuki isn't like the other girls. Together with her cousin Yuu, she spends her summers in the wild Nagano mountains, hoping a spaceship will take her home. When a terrible sequence of events threatens to part the cousins for ever, they make a promise: survive, no matter what. Now, Natsuki is grown. She lives quietly in an asexual marriage, pretending to be normal, and hiding the horrors of her childhood from her family and friends. But dark shadows from Natsuki's past are pursuing her. Fleeing the suburbs for the mountains of Nagano, Natsuki prepares herself for a reunion with Yuu. Will he still remember their promise? And will he help her keep it? A dark and magical reckoning with what it might take to survive a shattered life, Earthlings is an exhilarating cosmic flight that will leave you reeling.

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  • Release date

    October 1, 2020

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781783786800
      • File size: 204711 KB
      • Duration: 07:06:28

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Sayaka Murata's new novel packs a slow wallop, much more so when heard than when read off the page. Nancy Wu, who also narrated Murata's first novel, CONVENIENCE STORE WOMAN, effectively conveys the child voice of Murata's narrator, Natsuki, who converses with her stuffed toy and imagines she is an alien marooned on earth. What at first sounds like childish fantasy soon evolves into a horrifying story of childhood abuse with adult consequences. At its heart is Natsuki's compelling depiction of The Factory--the familiar world of work and family that Natsuki rebels against and in terrible ways succumbs to. The story is part horror, part social satire, and Wu maintains a fine balance that will keep listeners rapt. D.A.W. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

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