In order to get more accurate results, our search has the following Google-Type search functionality:
If you use '+' in front of a word, then that word will be present in the search results.
ex: Harry +Potter will return results with the word 'Potter'.
If you use '-' in front of a word, then that word will be absent in the search results.
ex: Harry -Potter will return results without the word 'Potter'.
If you use 'AND' between two words, then both of those words will be present in the search results.
ex: Harry AND Potter will return results with both 'Harry' and 'Potter'.
If you use 'OR' between two words, then bth of those words may or may not be present in the search results.
ex: Harry OR Potter will return results with just 'Harry', results with just 'Potter' and results with both 'Harry' and 'Potter'.
If you use 'NOT' before a word, then that word will be absent in the search results.
ex: Harry NOT Potter will return results without the word 'Potter'.
Placing '""' around words will perform a phrase search. The search results will contain those words in that order.
ex: "Harry Potter" will return any results with 'Harry Potter' in them, but not 'Potter Harry'.
Using '*' in a word will perform a wildcard search. The '*' signifies any number of characters. Searches can not start with a wildcard.
ex: Pot*er will return results with words starting with 'Pot' and ending in 'er'. In this case, 'Potter' will be a match.
For the sake of women everywhere, Ms Shibata is going to pull off the mother of all deceptions...
Discover this prizewinning, thrillingly subversive new novel that's perfect for fans of Convenience Store Woman and Breasts and Eggs.
'Incredibly thought-provoking... you'll love Yagi's writing' STYLIST
'One of the most passionate cases I've ever read for female interiority, for women's creative pulse and rich inner life' NEW YORKER
Ms Shibata refuses to clear away the coffee at work one day, because she's pregnant and can't bear the smell. The only thing is . . . Ms Shibata is not pregnant.
Being a mother-to-be isn't easy. Ms Shibata 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.
'A subversive, surreal read that will strike a cord' RED
'An insight into what it means to be a woman in our time... As a mode of resistance, Shibata's trick is perfect' ELECTRIC LITERATURE
Translated from the Japanese by David Boyd and Lucy North
For the sake of women everywhere, Ms Shibata is going to pull off the mother of all deceptions...
Discover this prizewinning, thrillingly subversive new novel that's perfect for fans of Convenience Store Woman and Breasts and Eggs.
'Incredibly thought-provoking... you'll love Yagi's writing' STYLIST
'One of the most passionate cases I've ever read for female interiority, for women's creative pulse and rich inner life' NEW YORKER
Ms Shibata refuses to clear away the coffee at work one day, because she's pregnant and can't bear the smell. The only thing is . . . Ms Shibata is not pregnant.
Being a mother-to-be isn't easy. Ms Shibata 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.
'A subversive, surreal read that will strike a cord' RED
'An insight into what it means to be a woman in our time... As a mode of resistance, Shibata's trick is perfect' ELECTRIC LITERATURE
Translated from the Japanese by David Boyd and Lucy North