'A must-read debut. Funny and frank, this book lingers in the mind long after you turn the final page' BBC Books of 2025
Born with a congenital muscle disorder, Shaka Isawa has severe spine curvature and uses an electric wheelchair and ventilator. Within the limits of her care home, her life is lived online: she studies, she tweets indignantly, she posts outrageous stories on an erotica website. One day, a new male carer reveals he has read it all - the sex, the provocation, the dirt. Her response? An indecent proposal…
Written by the first disabled author to win Japan's most prestigious literary award and acclaimed instantly as one of the most important Japanese novels of the twenty-first century, Hunchback is an extraordinary, thrilling glimpse into the desire and darkness of a woman placed at humanity's edge.
| ISBN: | 9780241700785 |
| Publication date: | 6th March 2025 |
| Author: | Sao Ichikawa |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 97 pages |
| Primary Genre | Literary Fiction |
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'A must-read debut. Funny and frank, this book lingers in the mind long after you turn the final page' BBC Books of 2025Born with a congenital muscle disorder, Shaka Isawa has severe spine curvature and uses an electric wheelchair and ventilator.
Hunchback features in the following genres: Fiction in translation, General Fiction, Literary Fiction, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Disability: social aspects, Social media / social networking, Virtual worlds, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Narrative theme: Health and illness, Narrative theme: Social issues, Narrative theme: Diversity, equality, inclusion, Novella (Short Novel)
Paperback. £9.89, down from the £10.99 cover price. In Stock.
Hunchback was written by Sao Ichikawa and published by Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Hunchback has 97 pages
£9.89, reduced from £10.99. In Stock.
