Sputnik Sweetheart
First published in Japanese in 1999 as スプートニクの恋人 (Supūtoniku no Koibito).
Translated into English by Philip Gabriel in 2001.
Sputnik Sweetheart was born from the short story “Man-Eating Cats” that can be found in Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman collection of short stories. Much of the story takes place in Greece.
Book Description
Part romance, part detective story, Sputnik Sweetheart tells the story of a tangled triangle of uniquely unrequited love.
K is madly in love with his best friend, Sumire, but her devotion to a writerly life precludes her from any personal commitments. At least, that is, until she meets an older woman to whom she finds herself irresistibly drawn. When Sumire disappears from an island off the coast of Greece, K is solicited to join the search party—and finds himself drawn back into her world and beset by ominous visions. Subtle and haunting, Sputnik Sweetheart is a profound meditation on human longing.
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