All the Lovers in the Night

TARGET CONSUMER

• Literary Fiction


• Female protagonists, motherhood, the female body


• Contemporary Japanese Fiction

KEY SELLING POINTS

• For fans of Elizabeth Strout, Haruki Murakami, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Lauren Groff


• Previous novel was a National Indie Bestseller


• Final book in a three-book deal at auction (Frankfurt Book Fair 2018)


• Author is winner of the Akutagawa Prize (2008), the Murasaki Shikibu Literary Prize (2010) and the Tanizaki Prize (2013) among many other prestigious awards. 


• “9 Japanese Female Authors You Should Read.” https://savvytokyo.com/9-japanese-female-authors-you-should-add-to-your-reading-list/


• “Mieko Kawakami is Japan’s Brightest New Literary Star.” The Economist, https://www.economist.com/prospero/2018/10/09/mieko-kawakami-is-japans-brightest-new-literary-star