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Hollow Inside
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In this skewed, mordantly funny novel, two women navigate ageing and relationships in divergent ways. Stuck in a bland, low-paying job, Hirai, 38, agrees to move in with her colleague Suganuma, 42. Both women are single and feel ambivalent at best about the prospect of marriage....
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Description
In this skewed, mordantly funny novel, two women navigate ageing and relationships in divergent ways.
Stuck in a bland, low-paying job, Hirai, 38, agrees to move in with her colleague Suganuma, 42. Both women are single and feel ambivalent at best about the prospect of marriage. Defying social expectations, they create their own soothing domestic routines.
But when Suganuma reveals a secret affair, Hirai anxiously rejoins the world of dating apps. As she drifts through painfully adequate dates and endures intrusive questions at office socials, Hirai frets over whether she really needs to freeze her eggs again. In a dating world sapped of genuine connection, where can she turn to feel less hollow?
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781805680017
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 12 February 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Pushkin Press
Contributors:
- Translated by Ginny Takemori
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 112
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About the Author
Asako Otani was born in Chiba Prefecture in 1990. Her debut novel, Hollow Inside, won the 2022 Subaru Literary Prize.
Ginny Tapley Takemori is the prize-winning translator of Sayaka Murata's Convenience Store Woman, Earthlings, and Life Ceremony, as well as many of her short stories, and other celebrated authors including Kyoko Nakajima and Ryu Murakami.
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