“ Learn to light a candle in the darkest moments of someone’s life. Be the light that helps others see; it is what gives life its deepest significance. ” ― Roy T. Bennett
A 10 year old girl is kidnapped on her way home from ballet class. Her abductor makes no ransom demand; instead he keeps her prisoner above the factory where he works. Keiko Kitamura endures degradation and squalor but never gives up hope, and a year pass
A stunning new work of the feminist noir that Natsuo Kirino defined and made her own in her novels Out and Grotesque.In a crowded residential suburb on the outskirts of Tokyo, four teenage girls indifferently wade their way through a hot, smoggy summer an
