A review by nicktomjoe
The Way Home in the Night by Akiko Miyakoshi

4.0

A beautifully complex set of interleaved lives introduced and then left are presented here as a mother rabbit brings her tired child home through the dark streets. There is one plain narrative here and a number of side stories that tantalisingly come and go through lit windows and doorways. In the tonal and colour range and (to some extent) rhythm this is akin to Eve Rice’s wonderful “Goodnight Goodnight,” but it lacks the simple comfort of that book: “The Way Home...” seems touched with sadnesses in the partings, the haunting, near-empty streets, the blank eyes of the characters; it is as if there is a restful sleep for some, but not all.
And thus there is a deeper, less comfortable world view here than we might expect in a simple bed-time story.