Description
A boy becomes captivated by a woman who sells sandwiches, returning to the supermarket day after day simply to see her face and sketch her in endless portraits. When his friend learns of this quiet, half-comic obsession, the boy’s carefully held world begins to shift—forcing him to confront what first love really costs and how quickly childhood hopes can fade. Blending humor with tenderness, this Akutagawa Prize–winning author crafts a coming-of-age story about longing, miscommunication, and the painful art of letting go. With Kawakami’s distinctive, observant style, the novel turns a small daily ritual into a vivid meditation on growing up and learning to live beyond your own fantasies.
Available Editions
paperback
Pushkin Press
Published Jan 23, 2018
97 pages
ISBN: 9781782273318
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Community Reviews(1)
“i think i’ll have another one, please,” ohhhh the cusp of childhood and pubescence tied together by the complex emotional foil of an absent mother and a dying grandma. all he really wanted was something he could rely on, a measured experience in counted footsteps that would not change as everything else around him did.
Details
First Published
2018
Language
jpn
Translation
From: jpn
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Ms Ice Sandwich by Mieko Kawakami.