Clasici contemporani. INDRAGOSTITII DE LA MIEZUL NOPTII.

Fuyuko Irie is 34 and works as a freelance book proofreader. She lives alone in Tokyo and finds it hard to make friends. Her only friend, Hijiri, is a colleague her own age. Yet the two have very different temperaments.

A glimpse of herself in a shop window unsettles Fuyuko. She sees someone awkward and drained, with little control over her life. Light offers her comfort. Each Christmas Eve, she walks at midnight to enjoy the city lights. A chance meeting with a man named Mitsutsuka stirs new feelings. As her view of life shifts, painful parts of her past return. She longs for love and for others to notice and understand her. But she must face the limits of the small world she has made for herself.

This contemporary novel by Japanese writer Mieko Kawakami explores solitude, hurt, and the desire for closeness. It suits readers drawn to stories about women's inner lives. Its prose blends a poetic style with humour and emotional pain. This edition belongs to the Clasici contemporani series.