Heaven by Mieko Kawakami

Heaven by Mieko KawakamiIn Heaven, a fourteen year old boy is tormented for having a lazy eye. Instead of resisting, he chooses to suffer in silence. The only person who understands what he is going through is a female classmate, Kojima, who experiences similar treatment at the hands of her bullies. Providing each other with immeasurable consolation at a time in their lives when they need it most, the two young friends grow closer than ever. But what, ultimately, is the

'It's the arrogance of men to think so little of women

if Black people could turn off the noise of racism and see themselves for who they really are: a world of creative people who have transformed

about two young women who become involved with an older couple in Dublin's literary scene

But as Pip plays detective

myth and metaphor into a tale of far-reaching resonance

and itself

/A palm-sized photo of his father soaking/beside his left ear

Dallaire left Rwanda a broken man

Jungian archetypes

In the Think and Grow Rich

As head of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program

Uncanny wisdom