We have people here

A book consisting of short, interconnected surreal stories, which tells the story of residents of one area in the suburbs of Tokyo, where some strange things are happening.

We hear these stories being told to us, almost orally, artlessly... But their artlessness is only apparent, and the expressiveness that Kawakami manages to achieve is genuine and is only enhanced by the brevity of the texts.
Elena Baybikova, translator