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      Child of Fortune

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      Koko won't do what is expected of her. Defying her family's wishes, she has brought up her eleven-year-old daughter alone in her apartment. And now, after a casual affair, she is unexpectedly pregnant again. What will this mean for her already troubled relationship with her da...

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      Product ID:9780241675274
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Series:Japanese Classics
      Title:Child of Fortune
      Authors:Author: Yuko Tsushima, Geraldine Harcourt
      Page Count:192
      Subjects:Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction in translation, Fiction in translation
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      Koko won't do what is expected of her. Defying her family's wishes, she has brought up her eleven-year-old daughter alone in her apartment. And now, after a casual affair, she is unexpectedly pregnant again. What will this mean for her already troubled relationship with her daughter? As she faces the future, memories of her own childhood loss flood into her consciousness, threatening to overwhelm her. 'A terrific novel' Angela CarterTranslated by Geraldine Harcourt

      Koko won''t do what is expected of her. Defying her family''s wishes, she has brought up her eleven-year-old daughter alone in her apartment. And now, after a casual affair, she is unexpectedly pregnant again. What will this mean for her already troubled relationship with her daughter? As she faces the future, memories of her own childhood loss flood into her consciousness, threatening to overwhelm her.

      ''A terrific novel'' Angela Carter

      Translated by Geraldine Harcourt


      Imprint Name:Penguin Classics
      Publisher Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2023-11-02

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      Weight148 g
      Dimensions199 × 130 × 12 mm