Breasts and Eggs

Different feelings depending on which part of the book we're talking about. This novel is split into two parts: the first third, “Breasts”, is one novella, while the sequel “Eggs” is the next two thirds of the book and takes place with the same set of characters ten years later. Kawakami explores multiple different facets of womanhood from the perspective of three characters: Natsuko, her older sister Makiko, and Makiko's preteen daughter Midoriko. The first novella was a really strong start, but during the second I found my mind wandering more at parts. All in all I did like this, and I am very much interested in reading more of Kawakami's writing. Her highest rated novel on here, ‘Heaven' is apparently looking at a 2021 release date in English! 3.5