Contemporary Japanese woman author.
Strange little book about an alienated young woman drifting through her life, having recently moved to Tokyo. Also includes a male character who was traumatized by his childhood in a strange religious cult.
Currently, Japanese women authors are getting a lot of attention/publication. I am interested in looking at why: what themes, commonalities?
So far, I am guessing they are writing as a group that has been marginalized in Japanese male-oriented society. Not so much looking for their place, but expressing their feeling of alienation living within the strictures of the dominant social structure.
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