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きみは赤ちゃん [Kimi wa akachan]

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35歳ではじめての出産。それは試練の始まりだった! 芥川賞作家の川上未映子さんは、2011年にやはり芥川賞作家の阿部和重さんと結婚、翌年、男児を出産しました。つわり、マタニティー・ブルー、出生前検査を受けるべきかどうか、心とからだに訪れる激しい変化、そして分娩後の壮絶な苦しみ……。これから産む人、すでに産んだ人、そして生もうかどうか迷っている人とその家族に贈る、号泣と爆笑の出産・育児エッセイ!

187 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 10, 2014

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Mieko Kawakami

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Mieko Kawakami (川上未映子, born in August 29, 1976) is a Japanese singer and writer from Osaka.

She was awarded the 138th Akutagawa Prize for promising new writers of serious fiction (2007) for her novel Chichi to Ran (乳と卵) (Breasts and Eggs).

Kawakami has released three albums and three singles as a singer.

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October 31, 2021
A collection of essays in where the author describes her own journey with pregnancy, birth and motherhood. There were so many things I could relate to and I just love the humor and the passion in her writing and also her opinions regarding the role of women (and men) in society. I hesitate to call them “modern”, they are just “up to date” while too many men in Japan (and outside of Japan) have opinions that seem to be out of date.
I don’t think this book has been translated yet into English. Hopefully it will be soon.
48 reviews
March 28, 2021
自分の母や、すでに子どものいる友人たちも、妊娠・出産でこのような思いをしたのかなと思いながら読んだ。女性・母親としての正直な心の変化、感情のあらわれに、クスリとしたり涙したりした。
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November 29, 2023
An intimate and emotional collection of diary style essays detailing the author's pregnancy and childbirth experience. I particularly enjoyed the way she describes her feelings of fear and anger during the process with compassionate honesty, and her thoughts on gender equality in Japan. She is an incredible fiction writer and her delicate sensibility really shows. She also has a great sense of humour! A great read.
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December 5, 2023
言葉はこんなことも表現できるのかと、おどろきのめりこんで読んだ。
他人の痛みやしんどさや喜びや幸せを、その人とおなじように理解することはできないし、それは世界で一番結び合っている人、一番自分を理解してほしい人であっても、他人であることにかわりはない。そんな経験した本人にしかわからない感覚や思いを、それでも伝え合おうとすることの意味、そして言葉はこんなにも伝えることができるのだという希望を知ることができた。
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