The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida

$29.99 AUD

The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida

Overview

A bewitching novel set in contemporary Japan about the mysterious suicide of a young woman.

Miwako Sumida is dead.

Now those closest to her try to piece together the fragments of her life. Ryusei, who has always loved her, follows Miwako’s trail to a remote Japanese village. Chie, Miwako’s best friend, was the only person to know her true identity — but is now the time to reveal it? Meanwhile, Fumi, Ryusei’s sister, is harbouring her own haunting secret.

Together, they realise that the young woman they thought they knew had more going on behind her seemingly perfect façade than they could ever have dreamed.

Details

Format
Paperback
Size
210mm x 135mm
Extent
288 pages
ISBN
9781922310286
RRP
AUD$29.99
Pub date
29 September 2020
Rights held
UK & C’wealth (ex. Can)
Other rights
Soho Press

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Praise

‘Vivid and intriguing — an elegantly cryptic, poetically plotted Murakami-esque whydunit.’

Sharlene Teo, award–winning author of Ponti

‘A novel in three voices about the inner turmoil — and beauty — that people keep walled behind flawless surfaces.’

Tiffany Tsao, author of The Oddfits and The Majesties
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About the Author

Clarissa Goenawan is an Indonesian-born Singaporean writer and translator. Her award-winning short stories have appeared in literary magazines and anthologies in Singapore, Australia, Japan, Indonesia, Italy, the UK, and the US. Rainbirds, her debut novel, has been published in eleven different languages. Her second novel, The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida, came out in 2020. Watersong is her third novel.

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