zandterbird hat Bruchstücke von Nanae Aoyama besprochen
4 Sterne
Three short stories that are striking in their banality. The anthology covers relationships from various perspectives: between a man and his former and current partner, a daughter and her father, and a couple and her cousin hailing from a rural town in southern Japan. Aoyama firmly plants these stories in the corset of everyday Japanese life, focusing on the burden of (over)work, the structure of society and the hesitancy to really speak your mind. Great read by a great younger author.
