Ms Ice Sandwich
2013 • 92 pages
Ratings8
Average rating3.6
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Ratings8
Average rating3.6
A boy goes to the supermarket almost every day, just so he can look at the face of the woman who sells sandwiches. She is beautiful to him, and he calls her "Ms Ice Sandwich", and endlessly draws her portrait. When the boy's friend hears about this hesitant adoration, suddenly everything changes. His visits to Ms Ice Sandwich stop, and with them the last hopes of his childhood.
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I wasn't exactly in the mood for this book and I would have set it aside, to be read at a later time, but I saw it is really short, so I thought why not. And the book was quite endearing, in a weird way.
What I liked the most about it is the writing style. There are so many writing styles and somehow I seem to stumble upon some really good ones lately-and I love that for myself. I have no doubt that Mieko Kawakami is a very skilled writer just by reading this short story. She managed to write precisely like I'd imagine a pre-teen to write. The description was all over the place and it felt so right. The main character's own voice came through so naturally. At the same time some parts of the book were pretty intense too.
While I enjoyed the book, I also have some curiosities about it. I have some questions that got no answer and I'm curious about both the main character and Ms Ice Sandwich. But, well, overall it was quite a nice read.
English
Ms Ice Sandwich is a novelette (92 pages) by Japanese author Mieko Kawakami narrated by a young protagonist (elementary school) with an unknown name. He tells us all about his secret crush; the lady who sells sandwiches in the supermarket near his house. He also tells us about his daily life, his mother and school. I gave the story 3 stars because I felt that I didn't connect as much with the characters due to the shortness of the story, however, the premise is very original, and it made me feel warm to read the protagonist's feelings.
Español
Ms Ice Sandwich es una novelita o novela corta (92 páginas) por la autora japonesa Mieko Kawakami. Narrada por un joven protagonista (escuela primaria) cuyo nombre no llegamos a saber, nos cuenta acerca de su crush secreto que es nada más y nada menos que la señorita que vende sándwiches en el supermercado cercano a su casa. También nos cuenta de su vida cotidiana, de su mama y de la escuela. Le di al relato 3 estrellas ya que sentí que no llegue a conectar tantos con los personajes por lo corta de la historia, sin embargo, la premisa es muy original, y me causo ternura leer los sentimientos del protagonista.
