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Woman, Eating
- Narrated by: Katie Leung
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
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Summary
A Best Book of the Year in HARPER'S BAZAAR, BBC, THE NEW YORKER, GLAMOUR, GAL-DEM and HUFFPOST
Lydia is hungry. She's always wanted to try sashimi and ramen, onigiri and udon - the food her Japanese father liked to eat - but the only thing she can digest is blood. Yet Lydia can't bring herself to prey on humans, and sourcing fresh pigs' blood in London - where she is living away from her Malaysian-British mother for the first time and trying to build a career as an artist - is much more difficult than she'd anticipated.
If Lydia is to find a way to exist in the world, she must reconcile the conflicts within her - between her demon and human sides, her mixed ethnic heritage and her relationship with food, and, in turn, humans. Before any of this, however, she must eat.
Critic reviews
"Absolutely brilliant - tragic, funny, eccentric.... Claire Kohda takes the vampire trope and makes it her own." (Ruth Ozeki)
"Witty and thought-provoking." (Stylist)
"A modern day vampire thriller." (BBC)
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- Miss J E Schotting
- 12-02-23
Good story but disappointing editing
A great story & narrator but did anyone edit it? The narrator re reading lines jolts the reader from immersion in the story to the reality that someone is reading this aloud. Feel the editing has let the author, narrator & audience down a bit.
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- the typist
- 21-02-23
Dreary & depressing workout much to say
Great set up & a vaguely original take on a much exploited genre. But then it goes absolutely nowhere. I understand this is probably the point and an interesting metaphor about being a creature that never ages & sees & does it all. And yet it’s just boring.
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- Shosha
- 05-02-23
It was just getting good. But then it was over and
It was just getting good. But then it was over and just left me wanting. It feels more like a half formed short story. Also, the recording has some repeated lines that I doubt a written in the book. I'm likely to return this.
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