Description
In a world where belonging is measured by invisible rules, a young woman finds herself caught between the life she has been assigned and the one she can’t quite inhabit. As she navigates work, relationships, and the expectations of others, her choices reveal how identity can be both performed and policed—especially when society decides what “normal” should look like. With Murata’s sharp, observant style and her talent for turning everyday moments into unsettling questions, the novel explores alienation, conformity, and the quiet violence of social categories. Part psychological portrait and part cultural critique, it asks what it really means to be “from” somewhere—and who gets to define the terms of acceptance.
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Published Jan 1, 1998
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Details
First Published
2018
Language
jpn
Translation
From: jpn
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Ziemianie by Sayaka Murata.