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Reviewed on June 15, 2005
Originally published in her native Japan in 1999, this latest offering from Yoshimoto (Goodbye Tsugumi ) is made up of two novellas, each narrated in the first person by the author's trademark strong female protagonists. In the first, "Hardboiled," a young woman travels alone on foot on the anniversary of her ex-lover's death, heading toward a town demarcated on her map. Upon reaching her destination, she che...Log In or Sign Up to Read More