地球星人

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村田沙耶香: 地球星人 (Paperback, ja-Jpan-JP language, 2021, 新潮社)

Paperback, 336 pages

ja-Jpan-JP language

Published Feb. 1, 2021 by 新潮社.

ISBN:
978-4-10-125713-6
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恋愛や生殖を強制する世間になじめず、ネットで見つけた夫と性行為なしの婚姻生活を送る34歳の奈月。夫とともに田舎の親戚の家を訪れた彼女は、いとこの由宇に再会する。小学生の頃、自らを魔法少女と宇宙人だと信じていた二人は秘密の恋人同士だった。だが大人になった由宇は「地球星人」の常識に洗脳されかけていて…。芥川賞受賞作『コンビニ人間』を超える驚愕をもたらす衝撃的傑作。

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Content warning cw: child abuse (incl. sexual), incest, murder, cannibalism

Review of 'Earthlings' on 'Storygraph'

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Amongst the awful verbal and emotional abuse from a parent and sibiling, sexual assault from a teacher, and depictions of incest and child sex within the first third of the book, I couldn't make myself keep reading. After reading Convenience Store Woman, I don't anticipate that the circumstances are going to get any better for the protagonist...