146 sivua ; 22 cm, 146 pages
Langue : English
Publié 2025 par Harvill.
Rika Horiuchi's new part-time job is to converse with a statue of the Venus de Milo - in Latin - every Monday, when the museum is closed. Initially reluctant, Rika starts to enjoy her strange new job: she and Venus talk about everything. They fall in love, and (with the help of a statue of Artemis' hunting dog) eventually break free. This fresh and original new novel from the author of 'Diary of a Void' confirms Emi Yagi as one of the most exciting Japanese writers published in English today.
A strange and delightful short novel about a young women who is hired by a museum to talk to the statue of Venus, in Latin. But there's more to it than that, as the narrator goes about her life, her other job, and her relationship with her old landlady and the boy next door. It's superbly written, with dashes of odd humour—and yes, the statue talks back.
