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Mieko Kanai

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in Takasaki, Gumma Prefecture, Japan

November 03, 1947

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Mieko Kanai (金井美恵子 Kanai Mieko?, born November 3, 1947 in Takasaki) is a Japanese writer of fiction, especially short stories, as well as poetry. She is also a literary critic.

Mieko Kanai read widely in fiction and poetry from an early age. In 1967, at the young age of twenty, she was runner-up for the Dazai Osamu Prize for Ai no seikatsu (A Life of Love), and the following year she received the Gendaishi Techo Prize for poetry. While maintaining a certain distance from literary circles and journalism, she has built up her own world of fiction with a sensual style. Along with her fiction, her criticism, which shows off her scathing, acid insight, has a devoted following.

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	Mild Vertigo by Mieko Kanai, Polly Barton (Translator) 3.54 avg rating — 1,360 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Word Book (Japanese Literature Series) by Mieko Kanai, Paul McCarthy (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.55 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 1979 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oh, Tama! by Mieko Kanai, Paul McCarthy (Goodreads Author) (Translation), Tomoko Aoyama (Translation) 3.30 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1987 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Indian Summer: A Novel by Mieko Kanai, Tomoko Aoyama (Translator), Barbara Hartley (Translator) 3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1988 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Akarui heya no naka de really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1986 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ピース・オブ・ケーキとトゥワイス・トールド・テールズ 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	kekkonnsitaihitonotamenokatinukukonnkatuzyutu 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mejiro Miscellany 2 (Asahi Bunko) (2009) ISBN: 4022645067 [Japanese Import] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	School environment and food hygiene - experiments can anyone using a reagent kit (2004) ISBN: 4879811785 [Japanese Import] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“that was the whole thing, there was nothing remarkable about it whatsoever, it was an utterly ordinary thing — and yet for some unknown reason she kept staring at it, and falling, again for some unknown reason, into a kind of trance.”
― Mieko Kanai, Mild Vertigo

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“but what are they going to do when they have to alert people of their divorce, are we going to get a postcard saying SAD NEWS!! and there’ll be a picture of a blue heart ripped in two, and when their parents die it’ll be TERRIBLE NEWS!! with a picture of crying angels, is that what they’re going to do?”
― Mieko Kanai, Mild Vertigo

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“why do people need to do all of this to commemorate their wedding and reassure themselves that they’re married, that’s what I want to know.”
― Mieko Kanai, Mild Vertigo

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