I mentioned about a month or two ago that I was reading a novel called Out, by Natsuo Kirino.
I finished it long ago, but it lingers in me. Out has assumed a presence, become an entity, to me. There are few other novels that have succeeded in this(The Fountainhead is one, Pride and Prejudice another).
Out has been described by my Japanese friends as "gruesome", "terrible"; and it is both gruesome and terrible. It is a look at life among the working class, debt-ridden, relationship-dead-ended women in a particularly scripted society - and it is about taking one's self back.
A very good read and highly recommended.
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Any interest in doing a full sized review for one of my review sites?
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