VIBRATOR; TRANS. BY MICHAEL EMMERICH

"Late one night, Rei Hayakawa, a troubled young freelance journalist, is idling around the alcohol shelves of her 24-hour convenience store when she catches sight of a man across the way." "Suddenly she finds herself embarking on a road journey across the wintry landscape of Japan aboard this stranger's longhaul truck. But can the physical relationship that develops between them offer Rei what she needs, and can she ever free herself from the dangerously self-destructive tendencies that afflict her?" "Part dirty-realism, part fairy-tale, Vibrator is a novel about the strange situations that life can put you in."--BOOK JACKET.