Kanehara Hitomi

Snakes and Earrings

Novel about a young woman seeking connection through tattoos and dangerous relationships

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Kanehara Hitomi

Debut novelist who won the Akutagawa Prize at twenty with Snakes and Earrings, a raw and visceral account of body modification and nihilism among Tokyo youth. She became the youngest winner of the prize.

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