The lucid and beautiful flow of words… Takase River peers into the sensuality of the modern era while following a night in Kyoto shared by a novelist and the editor of a women’s magazine, using intricate psychological techniques. Hyokai explores the stories of a boy enshrouded in the shadows left by his biological mother, and a woman who can’t stop her adultery… their stories run parallel, until they intersect. Shimizu takes place as the protagonist drifts between memories and the real world. These four original short stories are written with revolutionary and exquisite technique.