Butter (Italian edition) by Asako Yuzuki

Butter (Italian edition)

A razor-sharp satire of ambition, butter, and backstabbing

Written byAsako Yuzuki
Narrated byMaya Quattrini
Length18h05m
Release dateJune 30, 2024
LanguageItalian
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AuthorAsako Yuzuki
NarratorMaya Quattrini
Runtime18h05m
PublishedJune 30, 2024
RatingNot yet rated
CategoriesLiterature & Fiction, Women's Fiction, World Literature, Asian, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Crime Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Suspense
FormatAudiobook (Digital)
PlatformAudible

About This Audiobook

*Butter* isn’t just a novel—it’s a 18-hour masterclass in how to wield charm like a scalpel. Asako Yuzuki’s Rika, the lone woman in a Tokyo men’s magazine, is a protagonist who’ll make you wince, cheer, and question your own moral compass. This isn’t a tidy feminist manifesto or a cozy workplace dramedy; it’s a high-stakes game of professional survival where the rules are written in lipstick and the currency is influence. The Italian edition, narrated by Maya Quattrini, crackles with a performance that’s equal parts velvet and venom—her Rika is all honeyed delivery and steel-spined calculation, a vocal tightrope that sells every backroom deal and public smile.

What sets this audiobook apart is its unflinching gaze at the cost of playing the game. The prose (even in translation) is razor-edged, packed with food metaphors that turn corporate climbing into a culinary bloodsport—where butter isn’t just a condiment but a symbol of everything greasy and glorious about power. Quattrini’s narration leans into the novel’s dark humor, her pacing sharp enough to keep the satire from curdling into cynicism. If you’ve ever rolled your eyes at a male colleague’s mansplaining or secretly relished an office takedown, this is your audiobook—just don’t expect to like yourself (or Rika) by the end.

Tags: darkly comic workplace satireunreliable female protagonist fictionJapanese literature in Italian translationfood-as-power metaphor novelssharp feminist antiheroeshigh-stakes office politics audiobook

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Editor's Review

AudioBook Atlas

I’ll admit it: I side-eyed *Butter* at first. Another ‘woman in a man’s world’ story? But within an hour, Maya Quattrini’s performance had me hooked—not because Rika is likable (she’s *not*), but because she’s *fascinating*. Quattrini nails the duality of a woman who weaponizes femininity while despising the system that demands it. Her voice drops to a conspiratorial whisper during Rika’s scheming monologues, then snaps into crisp, professional brightness for office small talk. It’s a vocal high-wire act that sells the novel’s central tension: How much of yourself do you betray to win? The story’s pacing is deliberate, almost predatory. Yuzuki lingers on Rika’s culinary obsessions—butter, of course, but also the precise temperature of coffee, the texture of a perfectly fried cutlet—as if to say, *This is how power is consumed*. The middle act drags slightly during Rika’s more introspective rants (even Quattrini’s talent can’t salvage a few overlong metaphors about margarine as moral decay), but the payoff is worth it. The finale is a gut-punch of ambiguity: Is Rika’s victory hollow, or is the game itself the only thing that matters? My one gripe? The production’s occasional uneven volume levels during Rika’s more heated outbursts—jarring when you’re listening at 1.25x speed. Still, this is an audiobook that’ll leave you craving a second listen, if only to catch the moments where Rika’s mask slips. Just don’t blame me if you start eyeing your coworkers’ lunch choices with new suspicion.

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