DIARY OF A VOID: Emi Yogi

DIARY OF A VOID

by Emi Yogi

There is something inherently relaxing in reading about people buying vegetables. And nowhere is it done better than in a novel from Japan. Tired of being tasked with all of the menial jobs because she the only woman in the office, Ms. Shibata fakes a pregnancy. And thus starts an innovative novel that we can relate to our own bodies–through food, clothes and movement.  It’s a gorgeous novel that blends reality and make believe and I loved it.​

- Reviewed by Lindsay

 

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FictionLindsayworld literature, Japanese, strange