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After reading the first two, I feel that he is a kind of japanese version of the Anglo-Irish writer, Elizabeth Bowen. Bowen, of course, came from a vastly different culture and while she dealt with sexuality, it was very much as a sub-text. But there is {IMO} a marked similarity in their interest in the explorations of the nature of the self, inner meaning, and passivity. Both writers also tend to end their stories elliptically.
When I finish reading the set, perhaps my opinion will be different, but that's the impression I get so far.
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