Mysterious Setting - Revision history

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			*[https://pushkinpress.com/book/mysterious-setting/ ''Mysterious Setting'''s page on Pushkin Press]

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	M.A.Orthofer writes in ''The Complete Review'': "Shiori's sad sack story can make for a bit heavy going at times, but there's enough else to Mysterious Setting to make it consistently compelling and ultimately a success—a rather odd but also strangely haunting one."<ref>[https://www.complete-review.com/reviews/japannew/abek2.htm M.A.Orthofer's Review of ''Mysterious Setting'' on ''The Complete Review'']</ref>		M.A.Orthofer writes in ''The Complete Review'': "Shiori's sad sack story can make for a bit heavy going at times, but there's enough else to Mysterious Setting to make it consistently compelling and ultimately a success—a rather odd but also strangely haunting one."<ref>[https://www.complete-review.com/reviews/japannew/abek2.htm M.A.Orthofer's Review of ''Mysterious Setting'' on ''The Complete Review'']</ref>

	Christopher Corker writes in the ''Asian Review of Books'': "Despite its exaggeratedly tragic tone, ''Mysterious Setting'' is entirely relevant in a digitally connected world in which every truth is questioned and every personal opinion attacked, until ultimately the only ones who are brave enough to speak are those most insidiously deceitful or incandescent with rage. The rest fear to utter a word. Like Shiori, they exercise a form of self-censorship that arises from being brutalised by a cynical view of the world, even if this view does not reflect reality at all."<ref>[https://asianreviewofbooks.com/mysterious-setting-by-kazushige-abe/ ~~“Mysterious Setting”~~ by Kazushige Abe at the ''Asian Review of Books'']</ref>		Christopher Corker writes in the ''Asian Review of Books'': "Despite its exaggeratedly tragic tone, ''Mysterious Setting'' is entirely relevant in a digitally connected world in which every truth is questioned and every personal opinion attacked, until ultimately the only ones who are brave enough to speak are those most insidiously deceitful or incandescent with rage. The rest fear to utter a word. Like Shiori, they exercise a form of self-censorship that arises from being brutalised by a cynical view of the world, even if this view does not reflect reality at all."<ref>[https://asianreviewofbooks.com/mysterious-setting-by-kazushige-abe/ Christopher Corker's review "Mysterious Setting ''by Kazushige Abe''" at the ''Asian Review of Books'']</ref>

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	M.A.Orthofer writes in ''The Complete Review'': "Shiori's sad sack story can make for a bit heavy going at times, but there's enough else to Mysterious Setting to make it consistently compelling and ultimately a success—a rather odd but also strangely haunting one."<ref>[https://www.complete-review.com/reviews/japannew/abek2.htm M.A.Orthofer's Review of ''Mysterious Setting'' on ''The Complete Review'']</ref>		M.A.Orthofer writes in ''The Complete Review'': "Shiori's sad sack story can make for a bit heavy going at times, but there's enough else to Mysterious Setting to make it consistently compelling and ultimately a success—a rather odd but also strangely haunting one."<ref>[https://www.complete-review.com/reviews/japannew/abek2.htm M.A.Orthofer's Review of ''Mysterious Setting'' on ''The Complete Review'']</ref>

	Christopher Corker writes in the ''Asian Review of Books'': "Despite its exaggeratedly tragic tone, ''Mysterious Setting'' is entirely relevant in a digitally connected world in which every truth is questioned and every personal opinion attacked, until ultimately the only ones who are brave enough to speak are those most insidiously deceitful or incandescent with rage. The rest fear to utter a word. Like Shiori, they exercise a form of self-censorship that arises from being brutalised by a cynical view of the world, even if this view does not reflect reality at all."<ref>https://asianreviewofbooks.com/mysterious-setting-by-kazushige-abe/</ref>		Christopher Corker writes in the ''Asian Review of Books'': "Despite its exaggeratedly tragic tone, ''Mysterious Setting'' is entirely relevant in a digitally connected world in which every truth is questioned and every personal opinion attacked, until ultimately the only ones who are brave enough to speak are those most insidiously deceitful or incandescent with rage. The rest fear to utter a word. Like Shiori, they exercise a form of self-censorship that arises from being brutalised by a cynical view of the world, even if this view does not reflect reality at all."<ref>[https://asianreviewofbooks.com/mysterious-setting-by-kazushige-abe/ “Mysterious Setting” by Kazushige Abe at the ''Asian Review of Books'']</ref>

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	M.A.Orthofer writes in ''The Complete Review'': "Shiori's sad sack story can make for a bit heavy going at times, but there's enough else to Mysterious Setting to make it consistently compelling and ultimately a success—a rather odd but also strangely haunting one."<ref>[https://www.complete-review.com/reviews/japannew/abek2.htm M.A.Orthofer's Review of ''Mysterious Setting'' on ''The Complete Review'']</ref>		M.A.Orthofer writes in ''The Complete Review'': "Shiori's sad sack story can make for a bit heavy going at times, but there's enough else to Mysterious Setting to make it consistently compelling and ultimately a success—a rather odd but also strangely haunting one."<ref>[https://www.complete-review.com/reviews/japannew/abek2.htm M.A.Orthofer's Review of ''Mysterious Setting'' on ''The Complete Review'']</ref>

	Christopher Corker writes in the ''Asian Review of Books'': "Despite its exaggeratedly tragic tone, ''Mysterious Setting'' is entirely relevant in a digitally connected world in which every truth is questioned and every personal opinion attacked, until ultimately the only ones who are brave enough to speak are those most insidiously deceitful or incandescent with rage. The rest fear to utter a word. Like Shiori, they exercise a form of self-censorship that arises from being brutalised by a cynical view of the world, even if this view does not reflect reality at all."		Christopher Corker writes in the ''Asian Review of Books'': "Despite its exaggeratedly tragic tone, ''Mysterious Setting'' is entirely relevant in a digitally connected world in which every truth is questioned and every personal opinion attacked, until ultimately the only ones who are brave enough to speak are those most insidiously deceitful or incandescent with rage. The rest fear to utter a word. Like Shiori, they exercise a form of self-censorship that arises from being brutalised by a cynical view of the world, even if this view does not reflect reality at all."<ref>https://asianreviewofbooks.com/mysterious-setting-by-kazushige-abe/</ref>

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	M.A.Orthofer writes in ''The Complete Review'': "Shiori's sad sack story can make for a bit heavy going at times, but there's enough else to Mysterious Setting to make it consistently compelling and ultimately a success—a rather odd but also strangely haunting one."<ref>[https://www.complete-review.com/reviews/japannew/abek2.htm M.A.Orthofer's Review of ''Mysterious Setting'' on ''The Complete Review'']		M.A.Orthofer writes in ''The Complete Review'': "Shiori's sad sack story can make for a bit heavy going at times, but there's enough else to Mysterious Setting to make it consistently compelling and ultimately a success—a rather odd but also strangely haunting one."<ref>[https://www.complete-review.com/reviews/japannew/abek2.htm M.A.Orthofer's Review of ''Mysterious Setting'' on ''The Complete Review'']</ref>

	~~</ref>~~		Christopher Corker writes in the ''Asian Review of Books'': "Despite its exaggeratedly tragic tone, ''Mysterious Setting'' is entirely relevant in a digitally connected world in which every truth is questioned and every personal opinion attacked, until ultimately the only ones who are brave enough to speak are those most insidiously deceitful or incandescent with rage. The rest fear to utter a word. Like Shiori, they exercise a form of self-censorship that arises from being brutalised by a cynical view of the world, even if this view does not reflect reality at all."

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	M.A.Orthofer writes in ''The Complete Review'': "Shiori's sad sack story can make for a bit heavy going at times, but there's enough else to Mysterious Setting to make it consistently compelling and ultimately a success—a rather odd but also strangely haunting one."<ref>https://www.complete-review.com/reviews/japannew/abek2.htm</ref>		M.A.Orthofer writes in ''The Complete Review'': "Shiori's sad sack story can make for a bit heavy going at times, but there's enough else to Mysterious Setting to make it consistently compelling and ultimately a success—a rather odd but also strangely haunting one."<ref>[https://www.complete-review.com/reviews/japannew/abek2.htm M.A.Orthofer's Review of ''Mysterious Setting'' on ''The Complete Review'']

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	M.A.Orthofer writes in ''The Complete Review'': "Shiori's sad sack story can make for a bit heavy going at times, but there's enough else to Mysterious Setting to make it consistently compelling and ultimately a success—a rather odd but also strangely haunting one."		M.A.Orthofer writes in ''The Complete Review'': "Shiori's sad sack story can make for a bit heavy going at times, but there's enough else to Mysterious Setting to make it consistently compelling and ultimately a success—a rather odd but also strangely haunting one."<ref>https://www.complete-review.com/reviews/japannew/abek2.htm</ref>

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	==Background and composition==		==Background and composition==
	Abe has stated that in ''Mysterious Setting'' he intended to create a modern-day version of [[Hans Christian Andersen]]'s "[[The Little Match Girl]]", while also parodying ''[[Justine, or The Misfortunes of Virtue]]'' and ''[[Juliette, or Vice Amply Rewarded]]'' by the [[Marquis de Sade]].<ref>“作家の読書道：第64回　阿部和重さん”. www.webdoku.jp. ~~2023年5月12日閲覧。~~</ref> He chose the cell phone novel format so as to "reset his writing style" because he had found it difficult to do so after focusing on novels for more than a decade.<ref>『（〈MEN'S NON-NO〉2007年3月号）。』集英社。</ref>		Abe has stated that in ''Mysterious Setting'' he intended to create a modern-day version of [[Hans Christian Andersen]]'s "[[The Little Match Girl]]", while also parodying ''[[Justine, or The Misfortunes of Virtue]]'' and ''[[Juliette, or Vice Amply Rewarded]]'' by the [[Marquis de Sade]].<ref>[https://www.webdoku.jp/rensai/sakka/michi64.html “作家の読書道：第64回　阿部和重さん”. www.webdoku.jp. 2023年5月12日閲覧]</ref> He chose the cell phone novel format so as to "reset his writing style" because he had found it difficult to do so after focusing on novels for more than a decade.<ref>『（〈MEN'S NON-NO〉2007年3月号）。』集英社。</ref>

	==Plot summary==		==Plot summary==

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	==Reception==		==Reception==
	M.A.Orthofer writes in ''The Complete Review'': "Shiori's sad sack story can make for a bit heavy going at times, but there's enough else to Mysterious Setting to make it consistently compelling and ultimately a success—a rather odd but also strangely haunting one."		M.A.Orthofer writes in ''The Complete Review'': "Shiori's sad sack story can make for a bit heavy going at times, but there's enough else to Mysterious Setting to make it consistently compelling and ultimately a success—a rather odd but also strangely haunting one."

			==References==
			{{reflist}}

	https://www.tzerisland.com/bookblog/2024/7/8/mysterious-setting-by-kazushige-abe.html		https://www.tzerisland.com/bookblog/2024/7/8/mysterious-setting-by-kazushige-abe.html

	https://www.complete-review.com/reviews/japannew/abek2.htm		https://www.complete-review.com/reviews/japannew/abek2.htm