Audiobooks by Emi Yagi

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When the Museum is Closed

"Brought to you by Penguin. A quirky, joyful queer love story about a lonely museum worker who falls in love with a statue of Venus Rika Horauchi’s new part-time job is to converse with a statue of Venus – in Latin – every Monday, when the museum is closed. Initially reluctant, Rika starts to enjoy her strange new job. Recommended by her old university professor for her exemplary language skills, Rika leads an otherwise unassuming life, working the rest of the week in a frozen-food warehouse. As Venus comes to life in the quiet of the museum, they talk about everything. Venus opens up new worlds for Rika, both intellectually and emotionally. They soon fall in love. But when the museum’s curator, Hashibami, makes it clear he wants to keep Venus for himself, what will Rika do? When the Museum is Closed is by turns charming, funny and surprising, a surreal take on our most real emotions and concerns: love, loneliness, freedom, perceptions of beauty and how women are seen in society. A joyful queer love story, this fresh and original new novel confirms Emi Yagi as one of the most exciting Japanese writers published in English today. Translated by Yuki Tejima 'Filled with movement and passion - a luminous story that reveals a whole world of desire and possibility, right at the heart of loneliness' Rosie Price, author of THE ORANGE ROOM © Emi Yagi 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025"

Emi Yagi (Author), Kae Alexander (Narrator)

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Diary of a Void: A hilarious, feminist read from the new star of Japanese fiction

"Brought to you by Penguin. A prizewinning, thrillingly subversive debut novel about a woman in Japan who avoids harassment at work by perpetuating, for nine months and beyond, the lie that she's pregnant When thirty-four-year-old Ms Shibata gets a new job in Tokyo to escape sexual harassment at her old one, she finds that, as the only woman at her new workplace - a company that manufactures cardboard tubes - she is expected to do all the menial tasks. One day she announces that she can't clear away her colleagues' dirty cups - because she's pregnant and the smell nauseates her. The only thing is . . . Ms Shibata is not pregnant. Pregnant Ms Shibata doesn't have to serve coffee to anyone. Pregnant Ms Shibata isn't forced to work overtime. Pregnant Ms Shibata rests, watches TV, takes long baths, and even joins an aerobics class for expectant mothers. But pregnant Ms Shibata also has a nine-month ruse to keep up. Helped along by towel-stuffed shirts and a diary app on which she can log every stage of her 'pregnancy', she feels prepared to play the game for the long haul. Before long, though, the hoax becomes all-absorbing, and the boundary between her lie and her life begins to dissolve. A surreal and wryly humorous cultural critique, Diary of a Void is bound to become a landmark in feminist world literature. © Emi Yagi 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022"

Emi Yagi (Author), Nancy Wu (Narrator)

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[German] - Frau Shibatas geniale Idee

"Frau Shibata ist vierunddreißig und arbeitet als Angestellte in einer Firma in Tokyo, in der Männer das Sagen haben. Ständig wird sie herumgeschubst, schlecht behandelt und soll Kaffee kochen. Doch dann hat sie eine geniale Idee: Sie behauptet, schwanger zu sein – und plötzlich wird sie rücksichtsvoll behandelt. Doch wie weit lässt sich dieses Spiel treiben? Frau Shibata geht aufs Ganze, stopft sich die Kleidung aus und 'erlebt' die gesamte Schwangerschaft. Bis schließlich unausweichlich der Moment der Wahrheit naht – und die sieht anders aus, als gedacht. Frau Shibatas geniale Idee ist eine kluge, moderne und feministische Antwort auf tief verankerte patriarchalische Strukturen in der japanischen Gesellschaft – und zugleich ein fulminantes Hörvergnügen! -"

Emi Yagi (Author), Maren Ulrich (Narrator)

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