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In this Waterstones interview, Asako Yuzuki discusses the process of writing and publishing her novel Butter (4th Estate, 2024), translated from the Japanese by Polly Barton, and shares her thoughts on the book’s themes of food and desire. Yuzuki’s novel was selected as the Waterstones Book of the Year for 2024.
Tags: Fiction | Translation | Asako Yuzuki | Butter | 4th Estate | Waterstones | Polly Barton | novel | interview | writing process | Japanese | 2024