Own gaol
Jul 25, 2021
2 minutes
by ANNA ROGERS
They call it “hikikomori” – when young people sever their lives from the world, locking themselves in their bedrooms at home, perhaps for years, not communicating even with their families.
Another Japanese word, “achiragawa”, marks the opening pages of Katherine Brabon’s second novel. It means “over there” or?
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