Yayoi, a nineteen-year-old woman from a seemingly loving middle-class family, has lately been haunted by the feeling that she has forgotten something important from her childhood. Her premonition grows stronger day by day and, as if led by it, she decides to move in with her mysterious aunt, Yukino.

第138回芥川賞・受賞作品。現代の樋口一葉の誕生!　初潮を迎える直前で無言を通す娘と、豊胸手術を受けようと上京してきた母親、そしてその妹である「わたし」が三ノ輪のアパートで過ごす三日間の物語。

【Audible Originals】芥川賞作家・川上未映子によるAmazon Audible書き下ろし小説。朗読は、主演映画「愛がなんだ」をはじめ数々の映画やドラマ、舞台に出演している 俳優 ・岸井ゆきの。

The Thief is a seasoned pickpocket. Anonymous in his tailored suit, he weaves in and out of Tokyo crowds, stealing wallets from strangers so smoothly that sometimes he doesn't even remember the snatch. Most people are just a blur to him; nameless faces from whom he chooses his victims. He has no family, no friends, no connections.... But he does have a past, which finally catches up with him when Ishikawa, his first partner, reappears in his life and offers him a job he can't refuse.

Essentially the start of Dazai's career, Schoolgirl gained notoriety for its ironic and inventive use of language. Now it illuminates the prevalent social structures of a lost time, as well as the struggle of the individual against them—a theme that occupied Dazai's life both personally and professionally. This new translation preserves the playful language of the original and offers the listener a new window into the mind of one of the greatest Japanese authors of the 20th century.