Senji Kuroi
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- Gangbare naam
- Kuroi, Senji
- Geboortedatum
- 1932-05-28
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- Japan
- Woonplaatsen
- Tokyo, Japan
- Organisaties
- Japan Writers Association (president)
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- 7
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- 1
- Leden
- 62
- Populariteit
- #271,094
- Waardering
- 3.7
- Besprekingen
- 2
- ISBNs
- 8
- Talen
- 1
Each of the families grapples with how Japanese society is changing. One middle-aged couple finds themselves separated because his employer has relocated him, but she refuses to leave the house they raised their children in. One couple with a teenage son deals with his insistence on living his own life, rather than showing respect to his parents. One family seems haunted, living in a new house constructed over the spot where the house he grew up in was, seeing things that were there before, a palimpsest of architecture. The final couple is younger; the husband is self employed, the wife refuses to have children, dressing up a pet raccoon (or a stuffed animal; I was never entirely sure which it was) and finding work outside the home herself. All of the adults seem to be alone and isolated. At times they get glimpses of each other; through the trees and shrubs that bound the properties, through open windows. They wonder what is happening, but do not ask.
The stories span several years. Nothing dramatic happens, but there is a lot of strong emotion. At times, there is a touch of surrealism. The stories are bleak but compelling. Kuroi has scratched the hard surfaces of the everyday people and shown us the troubles and emotions that lie beneath, hidden by civility. The women come off as stronger characters than the men; while the men see to just follow the current of life where ever it takes them, the women make decisions and stick by them. That was a first for me in Japanese literature; most of the Japanese authors I’ve read stick to the male POV! Despite being so much about everyday life, this book is creepy in an odd way. I very much liked it.… (meer)