Pets and Walls

Over the years, the aquatic realm will become increasingly beautiful in your eyes, and its brilliance will only grow further. And you will go to that realm. I wish for it to be so. Because I love you, I don't want to think about you dying or anything.

The walls woven with memories that hover between dream and reality, fathers swept away by the water gods, forgotten umbrellas, lost childhoods, families that never truly became families... Yuko Tsushima, one of the most original female writers of the 21st century, carries traces of different periods of her own life as a child, a sibling, a mother, and a woman, while delving into the difficulties of being a family, and also brings to the surface the melancholy created by feelings of abandonment, loss, and loneliness.

"What I've learned from Tsushima's texts is how much drama is contained in women's studies and how much they deserve to be expressed and discussed." - Annie Ernaux

"Yuko Tsushima is one of the most important Japanese writers of her generation." - The New York Times

The aquatic realm will become increasingly beautiful in your eyes as time passes, its brilliance growing ever brighter. And you will venture into that realm. I sincerely hope for this to be so. Because I love you, I do not wish to dwell on the thought of you one day passing away.

Woven into the walls are memories that hover between dream and reality - fathers swept away by the water gods, forgotten umbrellas, lost childhoods, families that never truly became whole. Yuko Tsushima, one of the most original female writers of the 21st century, carries traces of her own life's different periods as a child, sibling, mother, and woman, as she delves into the difficulties of family, and also brings to the surface the melancholy created by feelings of abandonment, loss, and loneliness.

"What I've learned from Tsushima's texts is the sheer drama contained within women's studies, and how deeply they deserve to be expressed and discussed," says Annie Ernaux.

"Yuko Tsushima is one of the most important Japanese writers of her generation," states The New York Times.

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