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Breasts and Eggs
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Essay Topics
Why might Kawakami have chosen to split Breasts and Eggs into two books? Discuss the thematic differences between Book 1 and Book 2. What is the effect of the large time gap separating the events?
Examine the absence of male characters in the narrative. What effect does this have on the novel’s themes?
Discuss how Kawakami blurs the line between dreams, memories, and visions. How does this affect the novel’s sense of chronology? What does it reveal about Natsu?
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