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Reminiscent of Elena Ferrante and the NYT magazine feature “Who is the Bad Art Friend?”, The Art of Vanishing is an intimate, explosive story of creativity and friendship between two young Japanese women in 1970s Tokyo. Akemi’s desire for independence and aversion to marriage are unusual in her small village. A gift for drawing allows her to move to Tokyo to study medical illustration, and though she’s ignored by the more privileged girls in her rooming house, she finds satisfaction in the precision and purpose of her work. Sayako is the first roommate to pay Akemi attention, and they quickly become inseparable—Sayako drawn to Akemi’s humble origins, so distinct from her own insufferable, wealthy family; Akemi attracted to Sayako’s rebelliousness and her aspiration to be a painter. As Akemi begins to model for Sayako, their connection deepens. Together, they begin to attend ‘happenings’, encounters arranged by two enigmatic artists, Nezu and Kaori, in random locations, intended to free them from their worldly attachments. Following a devastating betrayal, Sayako disappears, and Akemi becomes determined to find her—and in the process, must newly face herself. Tender, enthralling, a

Author

Lynne Kutsukake

Publisher

Knopf Canada

Published

2024

Language

EN

ISBN

9781039008939