'Butter' and the Politics of Female Appetite
– Zimmer Magazine | Literature, Art and Culture
INÉS PARIS ARRANZ
Zimmer Magazine | Literature, Art and Culture·2026
WORDS BY INÉS PARIS ARRANZ Author Asako Yuzuki © Bungeishunju Ltd There are novels that ask to be read quietly, almost cerebrally, and there are novels that insist on entering the body. Butter by Asako Yuzuki belongs emphatically to the latter. It is that rare book that activates more than sight and intellect; it a