In her seventh book, Yoshimoto tells two stories of heartbreak, fatality, mysticism and grace. "Hardboiled" depicts a haunted narrator on the anniversary of her ex-lover's death; after a solitary mountain trek, she experiences otherworldly forces that help her make peace with her loss. "Hard Luck" features a woman whose sister lies in a coma and whose family struggles with letting go.
Though less profound than Kitchen, Hardboiled and Hard Luck displays Yoshimoto's precision, her refined insight and her ability to find hope within trauma. Her prose may be sparse yet her themes are anything but.
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