A strange,haunting, and utterly original exploration of displacement and desire’ — TéaObreht, author of The Tiger’s Wife, New York TimesBook Review

‘Fearless, delicate, beautiful, sad,haunting and wonderful. A brilliant novel that mesmerizes with both itshumanity and its utter uniqueness’ — JeffVanderMeer

The bestselling Turkish classic of love and loss in a changing world

‘A heart-breaker . . . it has the kind of indefinably powerful impact of The Great Gatsby’ Observer

‘Deeply moving … transformative … a love story that I actually love’ Elif Shafak

‘It is, perhaps, easier to dismiss a man whose face gives no indication of an inner life. And what a pity that is: a dash of curiosity is all it takes to stumble upon treasures we never expected.’

Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.
TIME’s 100 Must-Read Books of the Year.

From the bestselling Japanese author of Breasts and Eggs and international literary sensation Mieko Kawakami, comes a sharp and illuminating novel about bullying and friendship.

A deeply moving story about a woman searching for meaning in contemporary Tokyo. From literary sensation and International Booker Prize-shortlisted author Mieko Kawakami, the bestelling author of Breasts and Eggs and Heaven, comes All the Lovers in the Night.

‘A brief, compelling study of alienation and friendship; I binge-read it in one sitting’ – Rebecca F. Kuang, author of Yellowface