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Mitsutsuko, a man in his fifties, with whom she starts to slowly overcome her anxieties and barriers.</p> +<p>As with the previous reviews, there are only a handful of themes I would like to mainly focus on in the book, the first one being the bravery of Fuyuko. +She lives in Tokyo, is 34 years old and unmarried. +She has no children. +Due to this, the Japanese society, women in particular, look down upon her. +According to everyone, by this point in adult life she should be happily married, have a hard-working husband and cheerful kids. +At work everyone talks behind her back and make jokes about her: +<em>A few of my coworkers even used a secret language that they thought I didn’t understand to talk about me right in front of me, making jokes at my expense.</em> +I can’t imagine how it must have felt for her to come everyday to work, and be openly shamed upon by her colleagues. +Nevertheless, she is brave enough to quit her job when Kyoko suggests freelance work might be a good option for her. +Another example of Fuyuko’s true bravery is her last meeting with Mitsutsuko. +Over the course of meeting him several times, Fuyuko falls header over heels for him. +They go out for dinner, which she meticulously prepares for. +Afterwards, when everything goes well and they are about to part ways to go back home, she decides to tell him that she loves him. +<em>Mitsutsuka, I love you, I’m in love with you. +The words came spilling from my heart, far stronger than they had ever sounded at home […]</em> +All things considered, try to imagine yourself spending the last 14 years almost completely alone in your work or at home and then suddenly having the courage to confess to someone how you feel about them. +I certainly wouldn’t have this kind of resolve to break through anxiety of the moment and the possibility of rejection from the other person. +For this very theme, I think <em>All the Lovers in the Night</em> is a great story about how it’s never too late to try to overcome your own weaknesses and faults.</p> +<p>Secondly, I must admit I enjoyed the ending of the book. +After the confession Fuyuko asks Mitsutsuko to spend her birthday together by taking a walk at night in Tokyo, to which Mitsutsuko agrees. +Many readers probably would anticipate their meeting, however we soon unfortunately learn that on the night of Fuyuko’s birthday, Mitsutsuko never comes to visit her. +They lose all contact, and it only happens after several months later he reaches out with a dull letter to apologize. +Nevertheless, this does not let Fuyuko down. +She moves on with her life, and fast forward a couple of years celebrates with Hijari another birthday. +To me, it’s a symbol that life moves on, and the events we once would assign great value and maybe write a book about, fade in time to be forgotten. +From a perspective, all the problems we had as a young kids seem now trivial. +I think the ending of the book is exactly in the same tone. +Whatever happens, life goes forward.</p> +<p>Overall I liked the book, however I must admit that it seemed like one of those novels where the ideas and beliefs of the author are mostly expressed through the monologues of the characters themselves, which I found a bit simplistic. +Mieko Kawakami is a good writer, which I can surely recommend, however I don’t think I will be reading another book of hers.</p> + +</div> +<footer style="vertical-align: bottom;"> + <div style="display: block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"> + <center> + + © Copyright 2024-2025 Mateusz J. 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