- Akutagawa Prize 2003 (second half) · Winner
Snakes and Earrings
蛇にピアス · Hebi ni piasu
Hitomi Kanehara (金原ひとみ, born 1983)
Translated by David James Karashima
English editions
In EnglishSnakes and Earrings
Vintage · United Kingdom · 2005 · Paperback
Snakes and Earrings
Dutton · United States · 2005 · Hardcover · 120 pages
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'Ever heard of a split tongue?' asks Ama, showing a tongue forked like a serpent's. Lui, nineteen, moves in with him while also seeing Shiba, a tattooist with sadistic tastes, gets her own tongue pierced and her skin inked, and becomes hooked on remaking her body, in a story of hurt, desire and despair among young people in dark times.
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About the book
- Form
- Novella
- Length
- 124 pages in the original
- Genres
- Love, Coming of age (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Japan
- First published
- 2003 by Shueisha
- Author's age
- 20 when first published
- ISBN
9784087746839 (original)
9780525948896 (Dutton, United States)
9780099483670 (Vintage, United Kingdom)
- More
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