"Watakushi-Ritsu in Ha- Matawa Sekai" (My Rate Is In My Teeth, Or The World) by KAWAKAMI Mieko

Ms. Kawakami is a young Japanese singer and a writer. This year she won the Akutagawa prize which is a famous prize for great novelists in Japan. This book contains two stories. The title's one was also a candidate of last year's prize. Anyway this is my first experience to read her book. But...


* Watakushi-Ritsu in Ha- Matawa Sekai ("My Rate Is In My Teeth, Or The World")
a story of a female stalker who thinks her back teeth are herself

* Knajiru Senmonka Saiyou Shiken ("A Feeling Specialist - Interview For Employment")
a story of a woman who argue back to a pregnant mother - "Do you understand what bearing children is?"


I found many good comments with confusions on various web-sites. But, I'm sorry, these stories are not my taste. From the beginning I cannot understand the meaning of the title at all (^^;;; Probably I will not read the prized book...

(Finished reading on May 5, 2008)


The more detailed Japanese version of this article is here!

Japanese character(s) (kanji)
* KAWAKAMI Mieko : 川上未映子
* Watakushi-Ritsu in Ha- Matawa Sekai : わたくし率　イン　歯ー、または世界