Born with a congenital muscle disorder, Shaka spends her days in her room in a care home outside Tokyo, relying on an electric wheelchair to get around and a ventilator to breathe. But if Shaka\u2019s physical life is limited, her quick, mischievous mind has no boundaries: She takes e-learning courses on her iPad, publishes explicit fantasies on websites, and anonymously troll-tweets to see if anyone is paying attention (\u201cIn another life, I\u2019d like to work as a high-class prostitute\u201d). One day, she tweets into the void an offer of an enormous sum of money for a sperm donor. To Shaka\u2019s surprise, her new nurse accepts the dare, unleashing a series of events that will forever change Shaka\u2019s sense of herself as a woman in the world.<\/p>\n
Hunchback<\/span>\u00a0has shaken Japanese literary culture with its skillful depiction of the physical body and its unrepentant humor. Winner of the prestigious Akutagawa Prize, it\u2019s a feminist story about the dignity of an individual who insists on her right to make choices for herself, no matter the consequences. Formally creative and refreshingly unsentimental,\u00a0Hunchback<\/span>\u00a0depicts the joy, anger, and desires of a woman demanding autonomy in a world that doesn\u2019t always grant it to people like her. Full of wit, bite, and heart, this unforgettable novel reminds us all of the full potential of our lives, regardless of the limitations we experience.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Born with a congenital muscle disorder, Shaka spends her days in her room in a care home outside Tokyo, relying on an electric wheelchair to get around and a ventilator to breathe. But if Shaka\u2019s physical life is limited, her quick, mischievous mind has no boundaries: She takes e-learning courses on her iPad, publishes explicit…<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":6790,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[53,47],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-6789","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-english-fiction","product_cat-kitaplar","first","outofstock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n