Hitomi Kanehara
Paperback | Pages: 128 pages Rating: 3.18 | 3893 Users | 434 Reviews
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| Title | : | Snakes and Earrings |
| Author | : | Hitomi Kanehara |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 128 pages |
| Published | : | May 30th 2006 by Plume (first published December 1st 2003) |
| Categories | : | Cultural. Japan. Fiction. Asian Literature. Japanese Literature. Contemporary |
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The Prize-Winning Cult Classic and International Bestseller with Over 1 Million Copies Sold Describing a world as amoral and fascinating as the landscapes of Less Than Zero and Trainspotting, this novel about a young woman living in the violent world of Japan's underground youth culture is both shocking and strangely beautiful.Enchanted by the snakelike forked tongue of a stranger called Ama, nineteen-year-old Lui takes a walk on another side of life. Following Ama home the night she meets him, Lui straightaway moves in with him and begins making plans to have her own tongue pierced. Determined to push her boundaries further, she asks Ama's strange friend Shiba to design an exquisite dragon tattoo for her back. But when Lui and Shiba begin an affair, Ama's jealousy is stirred and the situation becomes explosive.
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| Original Title: | 蛇にピアス [Hebi ni piasu] |
| ISBN: | 0452287316 (ISBN13: 9780452287310) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Japan |
| Literary Awards: | Akutagawa Prize 芥川龍之介賞 (2003) |
Rating Of Books Snakes and Earrings
Ratings: 3.18 From 3893 Users | 434 ReviewsCrit Of Books Snakes and Earrings
Edit: I should mention that this is the only book I have ever hated so much that I actually threw it away. I refuse to even like, give it to the used bookstore, because I don't want anyone else to have to read it. I HATE THIS BOOK.My first thought when I began reading this was "This is incredibly, unbelievably poorly written". The feeling did not go away. This book is translated from Japanese. The translator should be fired. Though it is entirely possible that the translation is sufficient andMeh.
"Know what a forked tongue is?" "One that's split in two?" "Yeah, like the tongue of a tongue of a snake or lizard. Except sometimes... they don't belong to a snake, and they don't belong to a lizard." He deliberately removed the cigarette from his lips and stuck out his tongue. Its tip was clearly split in two, just like that of a snake. Then i watched, transfixed, as he lifted the right tip of it, then skillfully grasped his cigarette in the crux of the "V." "Whoa..." This was my first
Lui is 19 and sick of being a good girl all dressed in pink and kawaii. She moves in with a violent boyfriend full of tattoos and piercings, and when he suggests piercing her tongue, she goes with it. It's all good and well until he introduces her to his tattoo artist, who enjoys inflicting pain a little more than most people... not that Lui minds.Kanehara was 19 when she wrote this, a short novella of just 80 pages of three people pulling each other down into co-dependancy, alcohol and
This book is fairly raunchy, which I don't have a problem with. Unfortunately, it's also poorly written, which I do have a problem with. Perhaps the New York Times finds this story of BDSM and body modification to be "powerful," but I was unimpressed, having seen it all before. The supreme irony is that this is a book with adult content written by and for young people. The author is an incredibly hot 20-year old from Japan ("the youngest author ever to win Japan's prestigious Akutagawa Prize"),
What now?Half of me wants to laugh it off but I'm kind of confused? This book is convoluted, but even that of a different kind. Almost nothing matters yet this just rolls off easily. There's sex and a sort of bdsm and relationships with weird dynamics but these are also kids under 20? Are they just fucked up hormonal teenagers There is also no back story or substance to this book. Our mc is lifeless and impulsive and does nothing but why? Good luck guessing.Idk man idk. Don't read it tho.
Edit: I should mention that this is the only book I have ever hated so much that I actually threw it away. I refuse to even like, give it to the used bookstore, because I don't want anyone else to have to read it. I HATE THIS BOOK.My first thought when I began reading this was "This is incredibly, unbelievably poorly written". The feeling did not go away. This book is translated from Japanese. The translator should be fired. Though it is entirely possible that the translation is sufficient and
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