Idol, Burning

WINNER OF THE AKUTAGAWA PRIZE ''Usami so successfully depicts the consequences of pure obsession'' Guardian ''Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand what it is like to be a teenage girl'' Catherine Prasifka High-school student Akari has only one passion in her life: her oshi, her idol. His name is Masaki Ueno, best known as one-fifth of Japanese pop group Maza Maza. Akari''s dedication to her oshi consumes her days completely - until he disgraces himself and Akari''s world goes into a tailspin.

Vorwort
A bestselling and award-winning Japanese phenomenon - about obsession, pop culture and fandom

Autorentext

Born in 1999, Rin Usami is a university student and writer. Her debut novel Kaka won the Bungei Prize and the Mishima Yukio Prize. Her second novel Oshi, Moyu / Idol, Burning won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize in 2020 and has become a phenomenon, selling over 500,000 copies in Japan alone. She lives in Japan.

Asa Yoneda is a literary translator based in Bristol, UK, whose work includes The Lonesome Bodybuilder by Yukiko Motoya and Dead-End Memories by Banana Yoshimoto.

Zusammenfassung
A bestselling and award-winning Japanese phenomenon - about obsession, pop culture and fandom