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I have just realised that this book was written in English by a non-Japanese author. The writing in the Japanese books I've read (No Longer Human, Totto-chan, The Makioka Sisters etc.) invariably had a stilted quality to it because of the translation. Now that I know that this is Not a translation I'm not sure if the style here is deliberate or "poor writing". Either way it works.