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Earthlings

A Novel

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Earthlings

Auteur(s): Sayaka Murata
Narrateur(s): Nancy Wu
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As a child, Natsuki doesn’t fit into her family. Her parents favor her sister, and her best friend is a plush toy hedgehog named Piyyut who has explained to her that he has come from the planet Popinpobopia on a special quest to help her save the Earth. Each summer, Natsuki counts down the days until her family drives into the mountains of Nagano to visit her grandparents in their wooden house in the forest, a place that couldn’t be more different from her grey commuter town. One summer, her cousin Yuu confides to Natsuki that he is an extraterrestrial and that every night he searches the sky for the spaceship that might take him back to his home planet. Natsuki wonders if she might be an alien too.

Back in her city home, Natsuki is scolded or ignored and even preyed upon by a young teacher at her cram school. As she grows up in a hostile, violent world, she consoles herself with memories of her time with Yuu and discovers a surprisingly potent inner power. Natsuki seems forced to fit into a society she deems a “baby factory,” but even as a married woman she wonders if there is more to this world than the mundane reality everyone else seems to accept. The answers are out there, and Natsuki has the power to find them.

Dreamlike, sometimes shocking, and always strange and wonderful, Earthlings asks what it means to be happy in a stifling world and cements Sayaka Murata’s status as a master chronicler of the outsider experience and our own uncanny universe.

©2018 Sakaya Murata (P)2020 Blackstone Publishing
Créateurs asiatiques Fantastique Fiction Fiction de genre Fiction littéraire Magique Récits initiatiques Inspirant
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like literally first half ur like woah that took a turn! the last maybe hour or so its more like hey where did the FUCKING ROAD GO

also nancy wu killed it queen wherever you are you are an artist literally amazing fantastic wonderful i had fully fleshed out visuals of characters based on your acting alone. in addition to there being conversations with many people (some of whom were just introduced or are minor) and not once was i confused or wondering who was speaking. her acting was so good that when she would introduce a new character entirely id be like "thats a new person j havent heard that voice yet" like girl you need to be rich. k bye

NOT what you expect

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If you think you are not fitting in society, This book might be for you. I enjoyed reading it. Very peculiar book . I’m going to need a full breakdown for this one.

What a strange novel.

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It’s not what I expected. Very traumatising. Before “Earthlings” I’ve read “The Convenience Store Woman” and I was still shocked. Be prepared for disgusting scenes. I don’t recommend it to empathetic people.

Difficult to proceed

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One of my favourite books now. Heartbreaking and emotional, I feel like the author really captured how painful the act of survival can sometimes be.

Loved the narration as well, I felt like the voice was perfect for the story content! ♥️

I thank this book for ruining my psyche in the best way.

Beautifully terrible

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The first half of the book was great and really explored trauma in an intressting way that made my chest feel tight at times. Second half was kinda stupid and felt like it was there just for shock value. The ending was pretty bad and felt useless.

Good start

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