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A Perfect Day to be Alone
Nanae Aoyama; Translated by Jesse Kirkwood
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It was raining when I arrived at the house. The walls of my room
were lined with cat photos, set in fancy frames just below the
ceiling. When her mother emigrates to China for work,
twenty-year-old Chizu moves in with 71-year-old Ginko, an eccentric
distant relative, taking a room in her ramshackle Tokyo home, with
two its resident cats and the persistent rattle of passing trains.
Living their lives in imperfect symmetry, they establish an uneasy
alliance, stress tested by Chizu's flashes of youthful spite. As
the four seasons pass, Chizu navigates a series of tedious
part-time jobs and unsatisfying relationships, before eventually
finding her feet and salvaging a fierce independence from her
solitude. A Perfect Day to be Alone is a moving, microscopic
examination of loneliness and heartbreak. With flashes of deadpan
humour and a keen eye for poignant detail, Aoyama chronicles the
painful process of breaking free from the moorings of youth.
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