02194nam a2200373 i 4500 OSt 20240220125924.0 240220t20232022enk gr 000 f eng d 9781529114812 RM 79.90 paperback PPAK eng PPAK rda 895.636 23 895.636 YAG G Yagi, Emi, 1988- author. Kūshin techō. English DIARY OF A VOID / Emi Yagi ; TRANSLATED FROM THE JAPANESE BY David Boyd and Lucy North. English edition. London : Vintage, 2023 ©2022 213 pages ; 20 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Originally published in Japan as 'Kūshin techō': Tokyo : Chikuma Shobo Publishing Co., Ltd., 2020. First published in English by Harvill Secker, 2022. For the sake of women everywhere, Ms Shibata is going to pull off the mother of all deceptions... As the only woman in her office, Ms Shibata is expected to do all the menial tasks. One day she announces that she can't clear away her coworkers' 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 can rest, watch TV, take long baths, and even join an aerobics class for expectant mothers. But she has a nine-month ruse to keep up. Before long, it becomes all-absorbing, and with the help of towel-stuffed shirts and a diary app that tracks every stage of her 'pregnancy', the boundary between her lie and her life begins to dissolve. Just how far will Ms Shibata go with the lie? Translated from the Japanese. The No.1 Sunday Times Bestseller. Pregnant women Japan Fiction. Deception Fiction. Tokyo (Japan) Social conditions Fiction. North, Lucy, translator. Boyd, David translator. (David G.), ddc B 195117 195117 0 0 PPAK G 2024-02-26 3 2 895.636 YAG A01817557 2026-01-01 13:08:38 2025-12-03 B 0 0 SP G 2024-02-26 3 895.636 YAG A01817558 2024-09-23 13:09:23 2024-09-04 B 0 0 JT G 2024-02-26 1 1 895.636 YAG A01817559 2025-01-20 10:46:13 2024-12-21 B 0 0 LW G 2024-02-26 0 895.636 YAG A01817560 2024-02-26 16:30:03 B 0 0 KM G 2024-02-26 7 3 895.636 YAG A01817561 2026-05-24 16:06:08 2026-04-19 B 0 0 BL G 2024-02-26 1 1 895.636 YAG A01817562 2024-09-08 15:21:20 2024-07-17 B 0 0 BB G 2024-02-26 0 895.636 YAG A01817563 2024-02-26 16:30:03 B 0 0 MR G 2024-02-26 0 895.636 YAG A01817564 2024-02-26 16:30:03 B 0 0 YN G 2024-02-26 1 895.636 YAG A01817565 2025-06-23 09:35:18 2025-06-12 B