LOW FLAT RATE AUST-WIDE $9.90 DELIVERY INFO
Saou Ichikawa (1979-) graduated from the School of Human Sciences, Waseda University. Her bestselling debut novel Hunchback won the 128th Bungakukai Prize for New Writers and the 169th Akutagawa Prize. She is the first author with a physical disability to receive the Akutagawa Prize, Japan's premier literary award. She has congenital myopathy, and uses a ventilator and an electric wheelchair
A must-read debut. Funny and frank, this book lingers in the mind long after you turn the final page * BBC Books of 2025 * Written with guts and wit, Hunchback is a tender and defiant story which forces readers to think far beyond ableist concepts of who gets to desire and be desired * Best Books of 2025, AnOther Magazine * One of the best books of 2025 * Radio Times * Hailed as one of the most important Japanese novels of the 21st century, Hunchback is a subversive and morally complex story that dismantles assumptions about disability. A difficult but revelatory read, expect Hunchback to be one of the most talked about books of the year * Foyles, Best Translated Fiction of 2025 * A lithe, thrilling book — Saou’s writing is as sharp as a knife -- Pandora Sykes Uproariously funny, unflinching, and merciless. It's not very often you encounter this provocative and yet so refreshingly honest of a read. -- Mariana Enriquez, author of The Dangers of Smoking in Bed Filled with unforgettable insight -- Sayaka Murata, author of Convenience Store Woman A forceful and original novel which will leave no reader unchanged -- Nicola Dinan, author of Bellies Brazen in its intensity, radical in its vitality -- Saba Sams, author of Send Nudes Propulsive, sexy and distilled, Hunchback is the novel on disability and desire I’ve been waiting for. Shifting between the minutiae of physical limits and broader structures of ableism, Saou Ichikawa's writing is as narratively gripping as it is explosively insightful. This is an essential book. -- Daisy Lafarge, author of Paul
