Read the opening of Sayaka Murata's newest novel, coming in October.
If you, like me, loved Sayaka Murata’s 2019 novel Convenience Store Woman, I have some good news for you: Murata’s next novel, Earthlings, also translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori, is slated to hit shelves in October, and it is about a girl named Natsuki who thinks she’s an alien. Relatable!
Today, Murata’s editor Peter Blackstock tweeted the novel’s opening, which goes like this:
I think I speak for all of us when I say: sold.
Emily Temple
Emily Temple is the managing editor at Lit Hub. Her first novel, The Lightness, was published by William Morrow/HarperCollins in June 2020. You can buy it here.
