Earthlings

· Granta Books
4.3
18 reviews
Ebook
247
Pages
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Natsuki isn't like the other girls. She has a wand and a transformation mirror. She might be a witch, or an alien from another planet. Together with her cousin Yuu, Natsuki spends her summers in the wild mountains of Nagano, dreaming of other worlds. When a terrible sequence of events threatens to part the two children forever, they make a promise: survive, no matter what.

Now Natsuki is grown. She lives a quiet life with her asexual husband, surviving as best she can by pretending to be normal. But the demands of Natsuki's family are increasing, her friends wonder why she's still not pregnant, and dark shadows from Natsuki's childhood are pursuing her. Fleeing the suburbs for the mountains of her childhood, Natsuki prepares herself with a reunion with Yuu. Will he still remember their promise? And will he help her keep it?

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4.3
18 reviews
Rch Rch
July 1, 2024
I have no words to explain what I feel towards this book. But it's definitely an experience. I enjoy the emotional rollercoaster this books put me in. There are few parts that makes me flinch or even needs to lay down for a moment. But nonetheless, a masterpiece I think
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Gemma Hayes
February 18, 2023
was an odd book.
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Helmut Lange
July 22, 2025
Herausragender Roman, der lange nachwirkt.
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About the author

A bestselling literary sensation, SAYAKA MURATA has won all of Japan's major literary prizes, and been named a Vogue Woman of the Year. Murata spent eighteen years working part-time in convenience stores before the success of Convenience Store Woman afforded her the freedom to leave and write full time. Convenience Store Woman has sold more than a million copies in Japan alone and is being translated into twenty-three languages worldwide.

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