{"product_id":"diary-of-a-void-paperback","title":"Diary of a Void - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmi Yagi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Boyd\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eLucy North\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e - NPR - WBEZ's \u003ci\u003eNerdette \u003c\/i\u003e- The New York Public Library - \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"One of the most passionate cases I've ever read for female interiority, for women's creative pulse and rich inner life.\" ―Katy Waldman, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Always expect the unexpected when you're not expecting.\" ―Sloane Crosley \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA woman in Tokyo avoids harassment at work by perpetuating, for nine months and beyond, the lie that she's pregnant in this prizewinning, thrillingly subversive debut novel about the mother of all deceptions, for fans of \u003ci\u003eConvenience Store Woman \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBreasts and Eggs\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen thirty-four-year-old Ms. Shibata gets a new job to escape sexual harassment at her old one, she finds that as the only woman at her new workplace--a manufacturer of cardboard tubes--she is expected to do all the menial tasks. One day she announces that she can't clear away her coworkers' dirty cups--because she's pregnant and the smell nauseates her. The only thing is . . . Ms. Shibata is not pregnant. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePregnant Ms. Shibata doesn't have to serve coffee to anyone. Pregnant Ms. Shibata isn't forced to work overtime. Pregnant Ms. Shibata rests, watches TV, takes long baths, and even joins an aerobics class for expectant mothers. She's finally being treated by her colleagues as more than a hollow core. But she has a nine-month ruse to keep up. Before long, it becomes all-absorbing, and with the help of towel-stuffed shirts and a diary app that tracks every stage of her \"pregnancy,\" the boundary between her lie and her life begins to dissolve. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSurreal and absurdist, and with a winning matter-of-factness, a light touch, and a refreshing sensitivity to mental health, \u003ci\u003eDiary of a Void\u003c\/i\u003e will keep you turning the pages to see just how far Ms. Shibata will carry her deception for the sake of women, and especially working mothers, everywhere.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmi Yagi\u003c\/b\u003e is an editor at a Japanese women's magazine. She was born in 1988 and lives in Tokyo. \u003ci\u003eDiary of a Void\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel; it won the Dazai Osamu Prize, awarded annually to the best debut work of fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Boyd\u003c\/b\u003e (translator) has twice won the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature. He has translated fiction by Mieko Kawakami, Izumi Suzuki, and Hiroko Oyamada, among others. He is an assistant professor of Japanese at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucy North\u003c\/b\u003e (translator) is the translator of \u003ci\u003eThe Woman in the Purple Skirt \u003c\/i\u003eby Natsuko Imamura as well as fiction and nonfiction by over half a dozen other modern and contemporary Japanese writers. Her fiction translations have appeared in \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Southern Review\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as in \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFound in Translation: 100 of the Finest Short Stories Ever Translated\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 08, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44327988494438,"sku":"9780143136880","price":25.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/v-4cTH60nZ9780143136880.webp?v=1768294257","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/diary-of-a-void-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}