A Life in Mystery: The Literary World of Japanese Author Yuzuki Yūko

The cover of Kaze ni tatsu (Against the Wind), published in Japanese by Chūōkōron Shinsha in January 2024. (© Hanai Tomoko)

Author Yuzuki Yūko. (© Hanai Tomoko)

A selection of Yuzuki’s books. (© Hanai Tomoko)

The town where Yuzuki’s parents lived was completely washed away in the tsunami triggered by the Great East Japan Earthquake. (© Hanai Tomoko)