Mitsuko is gay and Shoko is an alcoholic, who is prone to bouts of mental illness. “ Twinkle Twinkle is an excellent literary novel.However, this seemingly perfect union is hiding a secret, for theirs is a marriage of convenience.
Both translator and publisher should be commended for this welcome addition.” “Shoko is so tragically flawed that the aggregate effect of all those tiny cracks and imperfections is a creature of extraordinary beauty.” Twinkle Twinkle is totally earnest, and absolutely surprising.”
This book is like water, clear and loose and natural and fluid… Most impressively, Ekuni has made something contemporary, which still manages to maintain its soul. “Bright and clear… ( Twinkle Twinkle) is modern, charming, and thouroughly enjoyable.” “Sparkles with humor and wit… Ekuni deftly weaves a range of characters.” “Simultaneously seductive and elusive, Twinkle Twinkle is the urbane literary equivalent of well-made sushi: in bright bites of cool, gem-like prose, Ekuni serves up an array of subtly nuanced emotion.” Twinkle Twinkle is Ekuni’s first work to appear in English.Įkuni won the high-profile Naoki Award in 2003. It sold 500,000 copies, won the Lady Murasaki Literary Award, and was made into a film. Published in Japan in 1991, Twinkle Twinkle established Ekuni at the forefront of young women writers. From chapter to chapter, the point of view alternates between that of husband and wife, and each acquires tricky layers as the story unfolds. One of Twinkle Twinkle’s unique charms is its delicate structure.
In Twinkle Twinkle a modern marriage unravels, and it takes modern thinking to piece it back together. At first this mismatched pair provide support for each other, but soon they seem to only bring each other down. Shoko is a clinical case of emotional instability and drinks too much. Mutsuki is strictly gay and has a boyfriend. But each has a deep, dark secret, and their marriage of convenience only appears to be the solution each one needs. Mutsuki and Shoko appear to everyone, including their overbearing parents, to be just a typical Tokyo husband and wife.
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