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hikikomori, n. h?kik?'mo?ri; literally pulling inward; refers to those who withdraw from society.Inspired by the real-life Japanese social phenomenon called hikikomori & the professional “rental sisters” hired to help, Hikikomori & the Rental Sister is about an erotic relationship between Thomas, an American hikikomori, & Megumi, a young Japanese immigrant hiding from her own past. The strange, insular world they create together in a New York City bedroom & with the tacit acknowledgment of Thomas’s wife reveals 3 human hearts in crisis, but leaves us with a profound faith in the human capacity to find beauty & meaning in life, even after great sorrow. Mirroring both East & West in its search for healing, Hikikomori & the Rental Sister pierces the emotional walls of grief & delves into the power of human connection to break through to the world waiting outside.°°°Thomas Tessler has cloistered himself in his bedroom & shut out the world for the past 3 years. His wife, Silke, lives right in the next room, but Thomas no longer shares his life with her, leaving his hideout only occasionally, in the wee hours of the night, to pick up food at the grocery store around the corner from thei

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Author

Backhaus, Jeff

Publisher

Algonquin Books, Workman Publishing, Hachette Book Group

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781616201883

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Psychological

Rating

4.1 / 5 (188 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14