The Woman Dies

A collection of darkly playful, genre-defying stories from Aoko Matsuda. Blending surrealism, sharp humor, and incisive social critique, Matsuda explores themes like sexism, media violence, and the gendered aesthetics of technology with a style that is both daring and disarmingly funny.

In these inventive tales, wordplay becomes a tool of subversion, objects gain consciousness, and feminist insights emerge with dry, ironic detachment. The result is fiction that challenges, entertains, and lingers.