“A woman’s diary is a mirror of her heart.” Chapter 1 The novel opens with the husband, a middle-aged professor, secretly reading his wife Ikuko’s diary. He becomes […]
Japanese literature
Quicksand
“The deeper the quicksand, the more one struggles—only to sink further.” Chapter 1: The Meeting The novel opens with Sonoko Kakiuchi, a married woman from Osaka, recounting her […]