Cover of Heaven

Heaven

by Mieko Kawakami

adult

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Set in 2 places · 2 primary

Sense of Place

4/5

Set in

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Japan · Japan
1991 Japan; unnamed narrator endures brutal school bullying in a Japanese middle school, finding solidarity with a bulli
★ primary
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Tokyo · Japan
Unnamed Japanese city (Tokyo setting implied) where two bullied middle-school students form a bond in early 1990s Japan
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