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Talk to my back, Yamada Murasaki ; translated by Ryan Holmberg

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Yamada Murasaki ; translated by Ryan Holmberg

Set in an apartment complex on the outskirts of Tokyo, "Talk to My Back" (1981-84) explores the fraying of Japan's suburban middle-class dreams through a woman's relationship with her two daughters as they mature and assert their independence, and with her husband, who works late and sees his wife as little more than a domestic servant, one who will fulfill his every need. When her husband has an affair, Chiharu feels that she, too, has broken the marital contract by straying from the template of the happy housewife. Yamada saves her harshest criticisms for society at large, particularly its false promises of eternal satisfaction within the nuclear family -- as fears of having been "thrown away inside that empty vessel called the household" gnaw at Chiharu's soul. --, Provided by publisher

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