Review: "Gradually, he grew used to the dark and wore it like a second skin."
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 26, 2013
Haruki  and Misato have survived a bus crash in a cave and in a remote province.  Misato is afraid of the dark and is clutching two black pills to use in a sun lit meadow.  Harking is blind, a condition that at first terrified her.  Their discussion and their coping in the deep blackness can be considered in layers and strata of meaning.  All of them work, from the primary story to the allegories that present themselves.  The prose is crisp and engaging.  The characters are fully fleshed using the briefest of descriptions.  I urge you to read this one.