DIARY OF A VOID

Discover this prizewinning, thrillingly subversive new novel thats perfect for fans of Convenience Store Woman and Breasts and Eggs.Incredibly thought-provoking... youll love Yagis writing StylistOne of the most passionate cases Ive ever read for female interiority, for womens creative pulse and rich inner life The New YorkerFor the sake of women everywhere, Ms Shibata is going to pull off the mother of all deceptions...Ms Shibata refuses to clear away the coffee and cigarette butts at work one day, because shes pregnant and cant bear the smell. The only thing is . . . Ms Shibata is not pregnant.Being a mother-to-be isnt easy. Ms Shibata 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.A subversive, surreal read that will strike a cord Red MagazineAn insight into what it means to be a woman in our time... As a mode of resistance, Shibatas trick is perfect Electric LiteratureTranslated from the Japanese by David Boyd and Lucy North