Heaven (Kawakami novel)
First edition cover (Kodansh
, 2009) | |
| Author | Mieko Kawakami |
|---|---|
| Original title | ヘヴン |
| Translator | Sam Bett David Boyd |
| Language | Japanese |
| Publisher | Kodansha |
Publication date | 2 September 2009 |
| Publication place | Japan |
Published in English | 2021 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 248 |
| ISBN | 978-4-06-215772-8 |
| OCLC | 436079069 |
Heaven (ヘヴン, Hevun) is a 2009 novel by Mieko Kawakami. Its English translation, released in 2021 and published by Europa Editions, had Sam Bett and David Boyd as the translators. This is the second book by Kawakami to be translated into English.
The title refers to a painting in the story which one of the characters, a girl named Kojima, gave a new name.