![]() ![]() In this story’s world, families always stay one size (a maximum of five members), and each family has their own sort of tradition or quirk to them. Missing focuses on family, and this one was quite haunting in comparison to its predecessor. ![]() The story establishes a closeness with nature, and the supernatural vibe is very earthy and real. ![]() The narrator envisions the other girl shrinking with each kiss, or that she must rescue her from a box by shattering it to set her free, and all of these symbols are so gorgeous and intricately blended together that even I began to lose sight of myself. ![]() While the brief instances come from Kawakami’s own dream journal, the story of the two women evolving and having a relationship together that’s quite tumultuous sticks out to me most. The first story, Record of a Night too Brief, contains several short, dream-like instances, with one overarching story of two young people and the journey they take across what feels like a universe. This is a collection of three short stories, each revolving around different fantastical elements disrupting the ordinary lives of the central female characters. She’s truly a pioneer of Japanese magical realism in modern novella. Hiromi Kawakami does an incredible job at weaving a web of dream-like fantasy meshed in with the realism of Japanese society in Record of a Night Too Brief. ![]()
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