![]() ![]() ![]() His innocent infatuation drives him to visit her sandwich stand every so often just so he can catch a glimpse of her face. The story revolves around a young boy whose name and exact age are never really revealed (I’m guessing he’s a junior high schooler but I could be wrong), who has fallen in love with the lady who makes and sells sandwiches at the supermarket. It might have been very brief and left me yearning for more, but I developed an instant liking to her quirky yet utterly captivating writing style. I had never read anything by Kawakami Mieko before, but I have to admit that this novella caught my interest from the outset. The second book from Pushkin Press’s Japanese Novellas series which I am going to review today is Ms Ice Sandwich by Kawakami Mieko (yes, she shares the same last name as Kawakami Hiromi whose Record of a Night Too Brief I reviewed last week, but the two authors have no relation whatsoever as far as I am concerned), translated by Louise Heal Kawai. ![]()
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