Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
Arashi no Pikunikku © 2015 by Yukiko Motoya
Irui kon’in tan © 2016 by Yukiko Motoya
First published in Japan in 2015, 2016 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo
Publication rights for this English edition arranged through Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo
English translation copyright © 2018 by Asa Yoneda
All rights reserved
First Soft Skull edition: 2018
The following stories have been previously published, in slightly different form: “Fitting Room” (originally “Why I Can No Longer Look at a Picnic Blanket Without Laughing”) and “The Dogs” (Granta); “How to Burden the Girl” (Tender); and “Typhoon” (Catapult).
ISBN: 978-1-59376-678-8
eISBN: 978-1-59376-683-2
The Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data is available.
Cover design by salu.io
Book design by Wah-Ming Chang
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