Hardboiled/Hard Luck

Exploring the ghosts of love, memory, and intimate secrets, this work features two stories - "Hardboiled" and "Hard Luck."

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Hardboiled opens as the narrator treks high above her secluded mountain hotel on the anniversary of her lovers death. Hard Luck opens with another female narrator, this time at the bedside of her sister, who lies in a coma. Exploring the ghosts of love, memory, and intimate secrets, these are two haunting and atmospheric tales from Japan's leading female writer.