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Title	:	Snakes and Earrings
Author	:	Hitomi Kanehara
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 128 pages
Published	:	May 30th 2006 by Plume (first published December 1st 2003)
Categories	:	Cultural. Japan. Fiction. Asian Literature. Japanese Literature. Contemporary

Snakes and Earrings

Hitomi Kanehara

Paperback | Pages: 128 pages

Rating: 3.18 | 3893 Users | 434 Reviews

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Describing a world as amoral and fascinating as the landscapes of Less Than Zero and Trainspotting, this novel about a young woman living in the violent world of Japan's underground youth culture is both shocking and strangely beautiful.

Enchanted by the snakelike forked tongue of a stranger called Ama, nineteen-year-old Lui takes a walk on another side of life. Following Ama home the night she meets him, Lui straightaway moves in with him and begins making plans to have her own tongue pierced. Determined to push her boundaries further, she asks Ama's strange friend Shiba to design an exquisite dragon tattoo for her back. But when Lui and Shiba begin an affair, Ama's jealousy is stirred and the situation becomes explosive.

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Original Title:	蛇にピアス [Hebi ni piasu]
ISBN:	0452287316 (ISBN13: 9780452287310)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Japan
Literary Awards:	Akutagawa Prize 芥川龍之介賞 (2003)

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"Know what a forked tongue is?" "One that's split in two?" "Yeah, like the tongue of a tongue of a snake or lizard. Except sometimes... they don't belong to a snake, and they don't belong to a lizard." He deliberately removed the cigarette from his lips and stuck out his tongue. Its tip was clearly split in two, just like that of a snake. Then i watched, transfixed, as he lifted the right tip of it, then skillfully grasped his cigarette in the crux of the "V." "Whoa..." This was my first

He who speak with forked tongue...may not necessarily be wise (or some such)...Fairly simple tome. Japanese urban youth culture. Barbie girl goes to techno club and meets bad boy with a forked snake tongue obtained through gradual body modification/mutilation (take your pick). She becomes fascinated and turned on, they fuck immediately; she becomes immersed in the tattoo and piercing/ body modification world; wants a snake tongue, too, yadda yadda. Kind of fascinating so far as a socio-cultural

I want to give this book a lower rating than 3 but higher than 2, so let's just say 2.5. I liked that this book was short and so I could read it in one sitting; any more than that and I would consider it a complete waste of my time. I'm not sure if I'm not the right audience of this book or if it was too deep for me to 'get it' but I failed to resonate with any character or scene. It borderline romanticized anorexia, depression and dependence, which for obvious reasons is problematic; plus the

Meh.

"Know what a forked tongue is?" "One that's split in two?" "Yeah, like the tongue of a tongue of a snake or lizard. Except sometimes... they don't belong to a snake, and they don't belong to a lizard." He deliberately removed the cigarette from his lips and stuck out his tongue. Its tip was clearly split in two, just like that of a snake. Then i watched, transfixed, as he lifted the right tip of it, then skillfully grasped his cigarette in the crux of the "V." "Whoa..." This was my first

There were moments that were interesting in this book, but they were few and far apart.My main issue with this book was how unlikeable the characters were. Every one of the three main characters was well-conceived, but hard to care about in the end. I admit the subject matter of piercings and body modification is not of interest to me, but the characters did not have that certain spark that makes a character whole.

i can see why people would shy away from considering this novel serious literature due to its subject matter. frankly, i didn't expect to enjoy this book; i read some reviews on here before i started it. there's no question in my mind that this book is a next step in japanese and world literature because of the way kanehara relates loneliness and despair to the reader. she also uses powerful imagery that fits in very nicely to the canon of modern japanese literature. this is not just some story