プラナリア

A strong collection of short stories about lost souls

I loved Fumio Yamamoto's 自転しながら公転する which I read last year and was happy to have picked up more by her. The writing in Planaria feels more dense and (other than the last story) it's not very dialogue-heavy, but all of the stories are centered around peoples' daily lives so it's not too difficult to read.

The title piece, Planaria, revolves around a woman in her mid-twenties physically and emotionally recovering from the long-term effects of breast cancer. She has already beaten the cancer it