Purchased at a bookstore, read once with a cover. "YABUNONAKA - In the Woods" Hitomi Kanehara Price: ¥2,420 Sex, power, violence, and love in the literary world. A chilling long novel. The Pandora's Box of sexual assault allegations is opened—MeToo movement, dating apps, SNS... Humans struggling and drowning in the rapid changes of the world. Will salvation come after conflict? The highest achievement of Japanese literature, depicting what lies beyond "not understanding each other." "Let's survive the changing world together." - Hitomi Kanehara. Yuusuke Kido, former editor-in-chief of the literary magazine "Murakumo," his son Keito Koshiyama, a high school student, editorial staff member Gomatsu, novelist Yurina Nagaoka who Gomatsu is in charge of, her lover, her estranged husband, and her hikikomori daughter. Triggered by a woman's online accusation that she was sexually exploited by Kido, the daily lives of the perpetrator, the victim, their families, and those around them intertwine, surge, and lead to an unexpected climax. Depicting modern society where sex, power, violence, and love swirl, the author's longest and most impressive work, spanning 1000 pages. 22 years after "Snakes and Earrings," Hitomi Kanehara's culmination and masterpiece!