The Girl Who Is Getting Married by Aoko Matsuda Short Story Book Keshiki Collection

An unnamed narrator visits her friend, the girl who is getting married, in her apartment on the fifth floor of an anonymous building. With each flight of steps, the narrator recalls different memories of the time they have spent together their time in high school, their first jobs, a chance encounter on the train. However, just as the building's corridor twists and turn toward the flat, we realise that the story, too, is shifting under our feet. As details go missing and memories are contradicted, we are left wondering whose eyes we re looking through.

Translated by Angus Turvil.

Design by Nigel Aono-Billson.

With a foreword by Karen Russell.