“She felt as if she were running through the mountains, alone, with no one to rely on.” Part 1: Takiko’s Pregnancy Takiko Odaka, a young woman in Tokyo, […]
Japanese literature
Child of Fortune
“She had always been alone, and she would always be alone.” Chapter 1: Kōko’s Solitude Kōko, a divorced single mother in her thirties, lives in Tokyo with her […]
Japanese literature
Territory of Light
“Light, even artificial light, has a way of exposing things.” Chapter 1: April – The Apartment The unnamed protagonist, a recently separated woman, moves into a sunlit fourth-floor […]