A review by porge_grewe
The Girl Who Is Getting Married by Aoko Matsuda

5.0

A funny, relatable literary puzzle. Reads like a chat with a friend ruminating on life and relationships, albeit a friend who you don't quite understand. Matsuda's joyfully haunting style, introduced to English readers through her short story collection 'Where the Wild Ladies Are' (tr. Polly Barton), keeps the tone light and fun throughout even as some unease begins to creep in regarding what is actually happening here. Having got to the end I still didn't fully understand it, but I'll be glad to go back to it in a month or so to get a new perspective, then the next month, and again, and again, and again.