We look forward to seeing you on your next visit to the library. Find a location near you.

Earthlings: a novel
(Book)

Book Cover
Average Rating
5 star
 
(3)
4 star
 
(2)
3 star
 
(0)
2 star
 
(1)
1 star
 
(2)
Uniform Title:
Contributors:
Published:
New York : Grove Press, 2020.
Physical Desc:
247 pages ; 22 cm
Status:
Description

"As a child, Natsuki doesn't fit into her family. Her parents favor her sister, and her best friend is a plush toy hedgehog named Piyyut who has explained to her that he has come from the planet Popinpobopia on a special quest to help her save the Earth. Each summer, Natsuki counts down the days until her family drives into the mountains of Nagano to visit her grandparents in their wooden house in the forest. One summer, her cousin Yuu confides to Natsuki that he is an extraterrestrial, and Natsuki starts to wonder if she might be an alien too. Later, as a married woman, Natsuki feels forced to fit in to a society she deems a "baby factory" but wonders if there is more to the world than the mundane reality everyone else seems to accept. The answers are out there, and Natsuki has the power to find them. Dreamlike, sometimes shocking, and always strange and wonderful, Earthlings asks what it means to be happy in a stifling world, and cements Sayaka Murata's status as a master chronicler of the outsider experience and our own uncanny universe"--

Also in This Series
Copies
Location
Call Number
Status
Arcade
FICTION Murata, S.
Due Apr 27, 2024
Central
FICTION Murata, S.
Due May 3, 2024
McKinley
FICTION Murata, S.
Due Apr 24, 2024
Pocket-Greenhaven
FICTION Murata, S.
Due Apr 23, 2024
Location
Call Number
Status
Williams Branch Library Adult Collection
Fic
On Shelf
Woodland Public Library
FICTION Murata, S.
Due May 3, 2024
More Like This
Other Editions and Formats
More Copies In LINK+
Loading LINK+ Copies...
More Details
Format:
Book
Edition:
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780802157003

Notes

General Note
"Originally published as Chikyu seijin. Japanese edition published by Shinchosha Publishing Co., Ltd., Tokyo"
Description
"As a child, Natsuki doesn't fit into her family. Her parents favor her sister, and her best friend is a plush toy hedgehog named Piyyut who has explained to her that he has come from the planet Popinpobopia on a special quest to help her save the Earth. Each summer, Natsuki counts down the days until her family drives into the mountains of Nagano to visit her grandparents in their wooden house in the forest. One summer, her cousin Yuu confides to Natsuki that he is an extraterrestrial, and Natsuki starts to wonder if she might be an alien too. Later, as a married woman, Natsuki feels forced to fit in to a society she deems a "baby factory" but wonders if there is more to the world than the mundane reality everyone else seems to accept. The answers are out there, and Natsuki has the power to find them. Dreamlike, sometimes shocking, and always strange and wonderful, Earthlings asks what it means to be happy in a stifling world, and cements Sayaka Murata's status as a master chronicler of the outsider experience and our own uncanny universe"--,Provided by publisher.
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)

Murata, S., & Takemori, G. T. (2020). Earthlings: a novel. First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. New York, Grove Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Murata, Sayaka, 1979- and Ginny Tapley, Takemori. 2020. Earthlings: A Novel. New York, Grove Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Murata, Sayaka, 1979- and Ginny Tapley, Takemori, Earthlings: A Novel. New York, Grove Press, 2020.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Murata, Sayaka and Ginny Tapley Takemori. Earthlings: A Novel. First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. New York, Grove Press, 2020.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
Staff View
Grouped Work ID:
f7b57e51-9785-c58a-e1d5-37f74a64c8ab
Go To GroupedWork

Record Information

Last Sierra Extract TimeApr 12, 2024 03:59:12 PM
Last File Modification TimeApr 12, 2024 03:59:55 PM
Last Grouped Work Modification TimeApr 18, 2024 02:10:20 AM

MARC Record

LEADER03115pam a2200505 i 4500
001  2020033625
003DLC
00520200928084054.8
008200803s2020    nyu           000 1 eng  
010 |a 2020033625
020 |a 9780802157003
040 |a DLC|b eng|e rda|c DLC|d IMmBT
0411 |a eng|h jpn
042 |a pcc
049 |a JRSA
05000|a PL873.U73|b C4813 2020
08200|a 895.63/6|2 23
1001 |a Murata, Sayaka,|d 1979-|e author.
24010|a Chikyū seijin.|l English
24510|a Earthlings :|b a novel /|c Sayaka Murata ; translated from the Japanese by Ginny Tapley Takemori.
250 |a First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
264 1|a New York :|b Grove Press,|c 2020.
300 |a 247 pages ;|c 22 cm
336 |a text|b txt|2 rdacontent
337 |a unmediated|b n|2 rdamedia
338 |a volume|b nc|2 rdacarrier
500 |a "Originally published as Chikyu seijin. Japanese edition published by Shinchosha Publishing Co., Ltd., Tokyo"
520 |a "As a child, Natsuki doesn't fit into her family. Her parents favor her sister, and her best friend is a plush toy hedgehog named Piyyut who has explained to her that he has come from the planet Popinpobopia on a special quest to help her save the Earth. Each summer, Natsuki counts down the days until her family drives into the mountains of Nagano to visit her grandparents in their wooden house in the forest. One summer, her cousin Yuu confides to Natsuki that he is an extraterrestrial, and Natsuki starts to wonder if she might be an alien too. Later, as a married woman, Natsuki feels forced to fit in to a society she deems a "baby factory" but wonders if there is more to the world than the mundane reality everyone else seems to accept. The answers are out there, and Natsuki has the power to find them. Dreamlike, sometimes shocking, and always strange and wonderful, Earthlings asks what it means to be happy in a stifling world, and cements Sayaka Murata's status as a master chronicler of the outsider experience and our own uncanny universe"--|c Provided by publisher.
650 0|a Families|v Fiction.
651 0|a Japan|v Fiction.
655 7|a Bildungsromans.|2 lcgft
7001 |a Takemori, Ginny Tapley,|e translator.
907 |a .b2638632x
932 |a FICTION Murata, S.
945 |y .i83795790|i 33029109720698|l arcag|s -|k 04-27-24|u 20|x 8|w 4|v 19|t 0|z 10-07-20|o -
945 |y .i83795807|i 33029109720706|l cenag|s -|k 05-03-24|u 20|x 5|w 6|v 8|t 0|z 10-07-20|o -
945 |y .i83795819|i 33029109720714|l pocag|s -|k 04-23-24|u 18|x 4|w 3|v 14|t 0|z 10-07-20|o -
945 |y .i83795832|i 33029109720730|l mckag|s -|k 04-24-24|u 19|x 4|w 5|v 14|t 0|z 10-07-20|o -
945 |y .i83890002|i 31652003284388|l wdpa|s -|k 05-03-24|u 9|x 5|w 2|v 10|t 0|z 10-29-20|o l|a FICTION Murata, S.
945 |y .i84383124|i 30738002031408|l wila|s -|k |u 0|x 0|w 0|v 0|t 0|z 02-22-21|o l|a Fic
995 0|a Loaded with m2btab.marciveb 2021-10
995 0|a Loaded with m2btab.marciveb 2020-10
995 0|a Loaded with m2btab.splbtbi 2020-10
995 0|a Loaded with m2btab.ingra 2020-08
998 |e -|d a |f eng|a arc|a cen|a mck|a poc|a wdp|a wil