She is my favourite Japanese author. Her stories are nowhere near happy, usually gruesome but she describes female psychology extremely well with every detail changed for each character and the clash of these different characters in very odd ways is usually the strange mix that makes her books so engaging.
Strangely enough, I was introduced to this author through my Italian friend! It is translated in German as well I think.
If you have never read a book by a Japanese author, I would recommend you to try her books. But if you’re not into stories involving cutting up dead bodies do avoid this one, and go for the more moderate ones. This is no happy story. Sorry I only have this in Japanese on my bookshelf…
