Literary Fiction
So We Look to the Sky
2021·312 pages
Five linked stories explore sex, love, bullying, and hardship in Japan, framed by a scandalous affair and its fallout.
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Five linked stories explore sex, love, bullying, and hardship in Japan, framed by a scandalous affair and its fallout.
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This shocking, boisterous novel was a runaway bestseller and award winner in Japan “Pressingly real . . . In these pages, you will find the lives of all of us”—Japan Times Searingly honest and sexually explicit, So We Look to the Sky is a novel told in five linked stories that begin with an affair between a student, Takumi, and a woman ten years his senior. Their scandalous liaison, which the woman's husband makes public by posting a secretly taped video online, frames all of the stories, each e...
What's Inside
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Sexual content
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Explicit sex throughout; teenage student–older woman affair; cosplay encounters
Violence & gore
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Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic elements present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Social themes on bullying, gender expectations, gossip, and public shaming
Self-harm / suicide
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Mother fears son may give up on life after public humiliation and loss
Abuse & suffering
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Bullying; fertility coercion; nonconsensual intimate video posted online
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