Diary of a Void: A Novel

"On its surface, Diary of a Void is a placid book. It meanders through the details of a seemingly mundane life with its endless flow of coffee cups and trips to the gym. But at heart, Emi Yagi’s narrative – about a 34-year-old office worker in Tokyo whose life changes radically for the better when she pretends to be pregnant – is explosive. There’s something anarchic about the gentle way in which Yagi so seamlessly blends the boring with the beautiful. I binge-read this book in two days and am hungry for more from this debut novelist."