Dead-End Memories

"This is a supremely hopeful book, one that feels important because it shows that happiness, while not always easy, is still a subject worthy of art."Brandon Taylor, The New York Times Book ReviewJapans internationally celebrated master storyteller returns with five stories of women on their way to healing that vividly portrays the blissful moments and everyday sorrows that surround us in everyday lifeFirst published in Japan in 2003 and never before published in the United States, Dead-End Memories collects the stories of five women who, following sudden and painful events, quietly discover their ways back to recovery.Among the women we meet in Dead-End Memories is one betrayed by her fianc who finds a perfect refuge in an apartment above her uncles bar while seeking the real meaning of happiness. In House of Ghosts, the daughter of a yoshoku restaurant owner encounters the ghosts of a sweet...