About the author
Hiromi Kawakami is a Japanese novelist, short-story writer, and essayist whose work moves easily between closely observed daily life and speculative or folkloric transformations.
Her books in English include Strange Weather in Tokyo, The Nakano Thrift Shop, People from My Neighbourhood, and Under the Eye of the Big Bird. Her fiction often makes unusual arrangements feel ordinary before revealing their emotional or philosophical reach.
Where to start
Start with Under the Eye of the Big Bird for speculative linked fiction, or Strange Weather in Tokyo for Kawakami’s best-known intimate realist novel.
