Kazushi Hosaka, "Iron Butterfly"

Are "I might have done it" and "I missed my chance" the same? Why is Sawai Ayako, who should be free of attachments, so fixated? This wondrous novel, which begins with a vulgar inquiry, draws readers into a grand labyrinth. A sailor father and memories of Kamakura, wisdom taught by cats, Freud, Ozu Yasujiro, Kafka, Southern All Stars, and The Beatles. From the 1960s to the present, memories, consciousness, and thoughts intertwine in this author's representative and crowning achievement. An endless story from the "Kafka of the 21st century." (From the publisher's website)