from the limit

"Ms. Ueno, how can you not despair of men?"

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Chizuru Ueno × Ryomi Suzuki, the most famous feminist pioneer × the most rebellious popular writer

Twelve communications over a period of one year, each with a theme

A dialogue that begins with contradiction and conflict and leads to understanding and change:

"Every time I turn a page, my body temperature also rises"

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⚡Chizuru Ueno is another masterpiece after "Misogynist" and "Feminism from Zero", and for the first time she candidly confessed her never-disclosed past

A person who can always hit the point sharply may have been injured by his own blade. Ueno said frankly, "I have also gone through a life full of shame and failure"

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⚡Love and sex, marriage, men, work, independence, freedom, etc., around 12 major themes to talk about the anger and dilemma in women's hearts

Every woman is a survivor in life, they are confused, they resist, they pretend to be strong but they are covered with bruises

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⚡A work of hope in the era of gender antagonism: "Ms. Ueno, why can you not feel hopeless for men"

At a time when feminism is being stigmatized, Ueno Chizuko hit back forcefully: "I didn't mean to say 'man is hopeless anyway'.

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⚡ A topical work, sweeping the Japanese book market, "After reading this book, I think no one will become a feminist"

Novelist Hanaba Kannon sincerely recommends: "This book can save women!" Writer Risei Motoshima praised: "Every time you turn a page, your body temperature also rises."

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"Beginning at the Limit" is a one-year correspondence between feminist pioneer Ueno Chizuko and popular writer Suzuki Ryomi.

In adolescence, Ueno Chizuko went to Kyoto alone to study, just to escape from her father and the church; at the same time, Suzuki Ryomi stepped into the world of selling her body in order to rebel against her parents.

When he was in college, Ueno participated in the vigorous student movement, but on the other side of the trench, he witnessed boys only using girls as tools to solve physical problems; Suzuki studied at the best private university in Japan, but he wanted to seek his own value in the night world.

At the end of her school days, Ueno regarded herself as an independent woman, and ended up becoming a bed partner of men who came and went as soon as they came. On the other end, Suzuki began to write about the charm and filth of the night world, and was often attacked and criticized by women.

Today, Ueno is the number one researcher on women's studies in Japan, while Suzuki has reached the limit of the night world. While questioning the past and himself, he is hesitant about how to take the next step.

They are 35 years apart and have lived very different lives. During the year-long correspondence, they stabbed the sword of words at each other and at themselves around topics such as love and sex, marriage, work, independence, and men.

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Every time I turn a page, my body temperature also rises. Suzuki Ryomi's words, on the one hand, analyze herself calmly, and on the other hand, they are mixed with real words, showing undeniable feelings. ——Writer Risheng Shimamoto

Ueno Chizuko disintegrated Suzuki Ryomi, and also allowed her to get rid of the hands of her mother and man and start living as a person. At the same time, this book is also Chizuko Ueno's hand extended to many women, including me. This book can save women. ——Novelist Huafang Guanyin

From beginning to end, I was hit with a blunt instrument. It was as if someone was grabbing me by the collar and saying, "Hey! Don't pretend I don't see it!" After reading this book, I don't think there is any woman who doesn't become a feminist. —Amazon Reader

I deeply feel how difficult it is for women to survive. Even so, after reading this book, I feel that being a woman is indeed a blessing. ——International political scientist Ruli Miura