Review
"Yoko," Furui's novella, is the story of a woman who veers in and out of madness; through her relationships with a young man and her suffocatingly conformist sister, we begin to see that what passes for sanity is nothing but an unquestioning acceptance of society's rules. "The Plain of Sorrows" follows the mental torments of a man dying of cancer who feels guilty about letting his sister commit suicide with her lover years earlier. "The Doll," perhaps the best realized of the three works, in which a young woman attempts to break the bonds of family and strike out on her own, but soon discovers that rebellion has deprived her of a clear sense of identity. -- The New York Times Book Review, William Ferguson
Language Notes
Text: English
Original Language: Japanese
Original Language: Japanese
