Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder
von Asako Yuzuki
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERThe cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer, and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true storyThere are two things that I simply cannot tolerate: feminists and margarine.Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in the Tokyo Detention House convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, whom she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation’s imagination, but Kajii refuses to speak with the press, entertaining no visitors. That is until journalist Rika Machida writes a letter asking for her recipe for beef stew, and Kajii can’t resist writing back.Rika, the only woman in her news office, works late each night, rarely cooking more than ramen. As the visits unfold between her and the steely Kajii, they are closer to a master class in food than journalistic research. Rika hopes this gastronomic exchange will help her soften Kajii, but it seems that Rika might be the one changing. With each meal she eats, something is awakening in her body. Do she and Kajii have more in common than she once thought?Inspired by the real case of a convicted con woman and serial killer—the “Konkatsu Killer”—Asako Yuzuki’s Butter is a vivid, unsettling exploration of misogyny, obsession, romance, and the transgressive pleasures of food in Japan.
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Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder
von Asako Yuzuki
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERThe cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer, and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true storyThere are two things that I simply cannot tolerate: feminists and margarine.Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in the Tokyo Detention House convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, whom she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation’s imagination, but Kajii refuses to speak with the press, entertaining no visitors. That is until journalist Rika Machida writes a letter asking for her recipe for beef stew, and Kajii can’t resist writing back.Rika, the only woman in her news office, works late each night, rarely cooking more than ramen. As the visits unfold between her and the steely Kajii, they are closer to a master class in food than journalistic research. Rika hopes this gastronomic exchange will help her soften Kajii, but it seems that Rika might be the one changing. With each meal she eats, something is awakening in her body. Do she and Kajii have more in common than she once thought?Inspired by the real case of a convicted con woman and serial killer—the “Konkatsu Killer”—Asako Yuzuki’s Butter is a vivid, unsettling exploration of misogyny, obsession, romance, and the transgressive pleasures of food in Japan.
Aktuelle Rezensionen(3)
Rezension von Aglaia 3,5 ⭐️
Rezension von ChiaraPuh.. ein langes Buch, das irgendwo zwischen Thriller, Roman und Populärwissenschaft einzuordnen ist? Aber irgendwie hat es mir gefallen. Obwohl die Kapitel seeeehr lang waren und jedes Kapitel in einer komplett neuen Szenerie stattfand, wo man sich erstmal orientieren musste, was eigentlich gerade passiert, hat es mir sehr Spaß gemacht. I ❤️ Investigativjournalismus!! Eine Lobesrede an female friendship und Selbsterfüllung, genau das was ich aktuell brauche. Mich hat die schonungslose Selbstliebe in diesem Buch so sehr berührt und inspiriert, besonders im Bezug auf die Beziehung zum eigenen Körper und zur Gesellschaft. Echt toll! Ich hab echt das ganze Buch vermutet, dass es eine Lesbian Lovestory wird, weil also das war ja eigentlich ziemlich offensichtlich, aber es ist einfach nicht passiert?! Besonders schön fand ich wie Rika im Laufe des Buches jede ihrer Beziehungen, sei es zu ihrem Freund, ihren Freund*innen, Kolleg*innen, Familie oder Bekannten, bis ins Detail erforscht, hinterfragt und einordnet. Ich hab mich oft selbst in ihr gesehen, das war schön. Naja, all in all ist es glaub ich gut, dass ich ohne Erwartungen an das Buch herangegangen bin. Deshalb hat es mir sehr gefallen!
Rezension von MarieHab das Buch nach einem Drittel beendet. Anfangs hat mir die Mischung aus den Ansätzen eines Krimis gepaart mit kulinarischen Erzählungen gefallen. Allerdings zieht sich die Geschichte meiner Meinung nach sooo sehr in die Länge, dass mir die Lust am Weiterlesen vergangen ist.