Nails and EyesUnder strange circumstances, a young girl loses her mother, and her father blindly invites his girlfriend into the home to care for her. On shaky new ground, the girl struggles, then develops an uncanny grasp of her mother's pristine life and the new interloper's messy past. As the months go by, the knowledge slowly ferments. With masterful narrative control, Nails and Eyeswhich was awarded the Akutagawa Prizebuilds to a conclusion of disturbing