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A review by emi_dilli
Territory of Light by Yūko Tsushima
4.0
Much like if Camus’ narrator of The Outsider were a Japanese mother going through divorce.
At first I felt the distance between me and the narrator was too great. I was frustrated I couldn’t get inside her head. She was unpredictable and chaotic. Then I let go and allowed myself to be swept up in her self-destruction and neglect and abuse of her daughter.
I wanted so often to shake her by the shoulders and tell her to stand up for herself in the face of male bullies so that she wouldn’t take our her repressed anger on her daughter. The narrator is a real reminder of all the things I fear becoming as a parent.
At first I felt the distance between me and the narrator was too great. I was frustrated I couldn’t get inside her head. She was unpredictable and chaotic. Then I let go and allowed myself to be swept up in her self-destruction and neglect and abuse of her daughter.
I wanted so often to shake her by the shoulders and tell her to stand up for herself in the face of male bullies so that she wouldn’t take our her repressed anger on her daughter. The narrator is a real reminder of all the things I fear becoming as a parent.