In this elegant and haunting novel, Goenawan deftly explores the messiness of grief, the pain of lost chances, and the way a life can collapse under the weight of secrets. This same question plagues Miwako’s close friends as they grieve her death and search for answers. “From the first page of Clarissa Goenawan’s The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida, we know that the titular Miwako has taken her own life, but we don’t know why. Tiffany Tsao, author of The Oddfits and The Majesties “A novel in three voices about the inner turmoil-and beauty-that people keep walled behind flawless surfaces.” Lee, award–winning author of Everything Here Is Beautiful Behind Goenawan’s crisp, spare prose lies a world of emotional complexity.” “An exquisite tale about the way secrets shape and transform young lives. Praise for The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida While he is away, Fumi receives an unexpected guest at their shared apartment in Tokyo, distracting her from her fear that Miwako’s death may ruin what is left of her brother’s life.Įxpanding on the beautifully crafted world of Rainbirds, Clarissa Goenawan gradually pierces through a young woman’s careful façade, unmasking her most painful secrets.Ī Literary Hub Most Anticipated Book of 2020 Heartbroken, Ryusei begs Chie to take him to the village where Miwako spent her final days. To Ryusei, a fellow student at Waseda Chie, Miwako’s best friend and Fumi, Ryusei’s older sister, Miwako was more than the blunt, no-nonsense person she projected to the world. In the months before her suicide, she was hiding away in a remote mountainside village, but what, or whom, was she running from? University sophomore Miwako Sumida has hanged herself, leaving those closest to her reeling. From the critically acclaimed author of Rainbirds comes a novel of tragedy and dark histories set in Japan.
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