num_pages: 229
description: alternate cover can be found hereSumire is in love with a woman seventeen years her senior. But whereas Miu is glamorous and successful, Sumire is an aspiring writer who dresses in an oversized second-hand coat and heavy boots like a character in a Kerouac novel.Sumire spends hours on the phone talking to her best friend K about the big questions in life: what is sexual desire, and should she ever tell Miu how she feels for her? Meanwhile K wonders whether he should confess his own unrequited love for Sumire.Then, a desperate Miu calls from a small Greek island: Sumire has mysteriously vanished...
language: English
title: Sputnik Sweetheart
titlecomplete: Sputnik Sweetheart
characters: Sumire, Miu, K
genres: Asia, Japanese Literature, Novels, LGBT, Literature, Japan, Romance, Fiction, Contemporary, Magical Realism
ratings_count: 150715
places: Japan, Greece
publisher: Vintage