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Butter: The Cult new Japanese Bestselling Novel by Asako Yuzuki NEW Paperback
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Original Language
- English
- Type
- Novel
- Intended Audience
- Young Adults
- ISBN
- 9780063236400
- Book Title
- Butter : a Novel of Food and Murder
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Publication Year
- 2024
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.3 in
- Genre
- Language Arts & Disciplines, Fiction
- Topic
- Psychological, Contemporary Women, Literary, Linguistics / General
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Item Weight
- 20.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 464 Pages
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The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer, and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story There are two things that I simply cannot tolerate: feminists and margarine. Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in the Tokyo Detention House convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, whom she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation's imagination, but Kajii refuses to speak with the press, entertaining no visitors. That is until journalist Rika Machida writes a letter asking for her recipe for beef stew, and Kajii can't resist writing back. Rika, the only woman in her news office, works late each night, rarely cooking more than ramen. As the visits unfold between her and the steely Kajii, they are closer to a master class in food than journalistic research. Rika hopes this gastronomic exchange will help her soften Kajii, but it seems that Rika might be the one changing. With each meal she eats, something is awakening in her body. Do she and Kajii have more in common than she once thought? Inspired by the real case of a convicted con woman and serial killer--the "Konkatsu Killer"--Asako Yuzuki's Butter is a vivid, unsettling exploration of misogyny, obsession, romance, and the transgressive pleasures of food in Japan.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0063236400
ISBN-13
9780063236400
eBay Product ID (ePID)
25060614790
Product Key Features
Book Title
Butter : a Novel of Food and Murder
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, Contemporary Women, Literary, Linguistics / General
Publication Year
2024
Genre
Language Arts & Disciplines, Fiction
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
20.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Pl877.5.U97b8813
Reviews
"[Asako] Yuzuki takes a thrilling look into female relationships, revealing the complex nature of modern-day social conventions pertaining to a woman's appearance and her place in the home, and enriching the proceedings with mouthwatering descriptions of food. Like the meals Yuzuki describes, this leaves the reader satiated." -- Publishers Weekly "A tale of loneliness and desire, full of an urgency that is proof of the author diving down deep within herself to grasp the darkness there. Even descriptions like 'a perfect masterpiece' and 'crème de la crème' are inadequate for a book like this." -- Michiko Mamuro, Croissant "An indubitable masterpiece." -- Daisuke Yoshida, Shosetsu Shincho "With writing masterful enough that you gulp it down breathlessly despite its length, and full of the delight that comes from carrying you off to utterly unexpected destinations, this is a tour de force that will leave readers satisfied." -- Ryo Asai (author), Yomiuri Shimbun "An unputdownable, breathtakingly original novel about true crime, loneliness and female appetite in all its tricky, transgressive glory. I will be spoon-feeding Butter to every woman I know." -- Erin Kelly, author of The Skeleton Key "A delectable meditation on appetite, fatphobia and misogyny in modern Japan - Butter is a salty morsel with one hell of a bite." -- Alice Slater, author of Death of a Bookseller, "[Asako] Yuzuki takes a thrilling look into female relationships, revealing the complex nature of modern-day social conventions pertaining to a woman's appearance and her place in the home, and enriching the proceedings with mouthwatering descriptions of food. Like the meals Yuzuki describes, this leaves the reader satiated." -- Publishers Weekly "A tale of loneliness and desire, full of an urgency that is proof of the author diving down deep within herself to grasp the darkness there. Even descriptions like 'a perfect masterpiece' and 'crème de la crème' are inadequate for a book like this." -- Michiko Mamuro, Croissant "An indubitable masterpiece." -- Daisuke Yoshida, Shosetsu Shincho "With writing masterful enough that you gulp it down breathlessly despite its length, and full of the delight that comes from carrying you off to utterly unexpected destinations, this is a tour de force that will leave readers satisfied." -- Ryo Asai (author), Yomiuri Shimbun "An unputdownable, breathtakingly original novel about true crime, loneliness and female appetite in all its tricky, transgressive glory. I will be spoon-feeding Butter to every woman I know." -- Erin Kelly, author of The Skeleton Key "A delectable meditation on appetite, fatphobia and misogyny in modern Japan - Butter is a salty morsel with one hell of a bite." -- Alice Slater, author of Death of a Bookseller "An intriguing and unusual novel with a fresh perspective [that] defies categorization: part psychological exploration of misogyny and fatphobia, part social commentary on contemporary Japan and the roles and expectations of the women who live there." -- Library Journal Advance Reviews, "A tale of loneliness and desire, full of an urgency that is proof of the author diving down dept within herself to grasp the darkness there. Even descriptions like 'a perfect masterpiece' and 'crème de la crème' are inadequate for a book like this." Michiko Mamuro, Croissant -- Michiko Mamuro, Croissant "An indubitable masterpiece." -- Daisuke Yoshida, Shosetsu Shincho "With writing masterful enough that you gulp it down breathlessly despite its length, and full of the delight that comes from carrying you off to utterly unexpected destinations, this is a tour de force that will leave readers replete." -- Ryo Asai (author), Yomiuri Shimbun
Lccn
2024-003918
Dewey Decimal
895.636
Dewey Edition
23
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