Mind-blowing, twisted and wildly entertaining, Earthlings asks: how far would you go just to be yourself?
As a child, Natsuki believed she was an alien, a different species to her earthling family and classmates. She hoped a spaceship would come down and take her home. Now, she lives quietly in an asexual marriage, pretending to be normal.
But the buried horrors of Natsuki's past are pursuing her. As she flees the suburbs for the Nagano mountains and a reunion with her beloved cousin Yuu, she wonders, what will it take to escape the earthlings?
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Sayaka Murata es una de las voces contemporáneas más interesantes de Japón. Su obra ha aparecido en la prestigiosa revista literaria Granta y en 2016 se convirtió en Mujer del año según Vogue. Debutó en el mercado internacional gracias al premio literario más prestigioso de Japón, el Akutagawa, con La dependienta, publicada por Duomo ediciones, que enseguida cautivó al público y a la crítica.