Idol, Burning

WINNER OF THE AKUTAGAWA PRIZE ''Usami so successfully depicts the consequences of pure obsession'' Guardian ''Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand what it is like to be a teenage girl'' Catherine Prasifka High-school student Akari has only one passion in her life: her oshi, her idol. His name is Masaki Ueno, best known as one-fifth of Japanese pop group Maza Maza. Akari''s dedication to her oshi consumes her days completely - until he disgraces himself and Akari''s world goes into a tailspin.

Product details

• Authors: Rin Usami
• Assisted by: Asa Yoneda (Translation)
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.08.2023
• EAN: 9781838856137
• ISBN: 978-1-83885-613-7
• No. of pages: 135
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 9 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); Japan, FICTION / Literary, Fiction in translation, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Sense of place, FICTION / Feminist, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary