Hunchback

Author(s): Ichikawa, Saou,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 06/03/2025,
Pagination: 112 pages,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd,
Published By: Penguin Books Ltd,
Book Classification: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945),
Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 13
ISBN13/EAN/SKU: 9780241700785

‘A must-read debut. Funny and frank, this book lingers in the mind long after you turn the final page’ BBC Books of 2025Born with a congenital muscle disorder, Shaka Isawa has severe spine curvature and uses an electric wheelchair and ventilator. Within the limits of her care home, her life is lived online: she studies, she tweets indignantly, she posts outrageous stories on an erotica website. One day, a new male carer reveals he has read it all the sex, the provocation, the dirt. Her response? An indecent proposalWritten by the first disabled author to win Japans most prestigious literary award and acclaimed instantly as one of the most important Japanese novels of the twenty-first century, Hunchback is an extraordinary, thrilling glimpse into the desire and darkness of a woman placed at humanitys edge.

Uproariously funny, unflinching, and merciless Mariana Enriquez, author of The Dangers of Smoking in BedFilled with unforgettable insight Sakaya Murata, author of Convenience Store Woman’A lithe, thrilling book Saous writing is as sharp as a knife’ Pandora Sykes’Will leave no reader unchanged’ Nicola Dinan, author of BelliesThis is an essential book. Daisy Lafarge, author of Paul