- International Booker Prize 2022 · Shortlist · for the translation by Sam Bett, David Boyd
Heaven
ヘヴン · Hebun
Mieko Kawakami (川上未映子, born 1976)
Translated by Sam Bett, David Boyd
English editions
In EnglishHeaven
Europa Editions · United States · 16 August 2022 · Paperback · 176 pages
Heaven
Europa Editions · United States · 25 May 2021 · Hardcover · 192 pages
Heaven
Picador · United Kingdom · 10 June 2021 · Paperback · 192 pages
Heaven
Picador · United Kingdom · 12 May 2022 · Paperback · 176 pages
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A fourteen-year-old boy who is tormented and beaten by his classmates, and cannot understand why he only ever submits, receives an unsigned letter telling him: we are friends.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 258 pages in the original
- Genres
- Coming of age (assigned by AI)
- First published
- 2009 by Kodansha
- Author's age
- 33 when first published
- ISBN
9784062157728 (original)
9781609456214 (Europa Editions, United States)
9781509898244 (Picador, United Kingdom)
9781509898251 (Picador, United Kingdom)
9781609457457 (Europa Editions, United States)