Snakes and Earrings

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Snakes and Earrings

work by Kanehara

Also known as: “Hebi ni piasu”

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Kanehara Hitomi
…with Hebi ni piasu (2003; Snakes and Earrings), which describes a 19-year-old girl’s obsession with body alteration. This explicit novel paints a bleak picture of the isolated alcoholic teen’s underground life as she adds painful tattoos to her back and pierces her tongue. Kanehara incorporated the vocabulary of the Tokyo…
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…with Hebi ni piasu (2003; Snakes and Earrings), which describes a 19-year-old girl’s obsession with body alteration. This explicit novel paints a bleak picture of the isolated alcoholic teen’s underground life as she adds painful tattoos to her back and pierces her tongue. Kanehara incorporated the vocabulary of the Tokyo…
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