Japanese Title: むらさきのスカートの女 (Murasaki no sukāto no onna)Author: Natsuko Imamura (今村 夏子)Translator: Lucy NorthPublication Year: 2019 (Japan); 2021 (United States)Publisher: Penguin BooksPages: 216 T…
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