The Art of Vanishing
The Art of Vanishing
Marissa Yip-Young
, cassandra schiemann
, Jude Castillo
, Marilyn Stanley
, Kim Patrick
, Agnes Marshall
, Gabrielle Wolfe
, Joanna McFarlane-Frampton
, Sharon Forzley
, Natasha Andres
, Patricia Johnson
, Andrea Pole
, Cindy Bodini
, Sandra Furlotte
, Barry Kazimer
, Linda Leitch
, Sarah Schwartz
, Jane McRobb
, Beth Dekoker
, Sabrina Phan
, Gwynn Scheltema
, Ariane Béland
, Natasa Ilic
, Laurie Burns
, Noelle Walsh
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Dani Kat
, Deana Bueley
, Katie Macalister
, Katie Kah
, Paula Adam
, Alanna Virtue
, Kathryn Bose
, Cheryl Johnson
, Allison Dube
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Jann Everard
, Tanya Blake
, Jessica Doiron
, Janice Cournoyer
, Kym Marsh
, Kim Cappellina
, Benita Hartwell
, Margaret McKay
, Maria Mclean
, Dana Francoeur
, Susie Rance
, jane luce
, Rosa Cross
, Rodney Cross
, Elmira Olson
, Maureen Brownlee
, Lynn Bechtel
, Patricia McKeown
, BJ Underwood
, Holly Elisabeth
, Janet Meisner
, Heather Sibley
, Robert Hykawy
, Alanna King
, Barbara Leckie
, Denise Duvall
, Huguette Lemieux
, Joshua Lewis
, Joe Mitchell
, Catherine Westerberg
, Jennifer Clark
, diana kirkwood
, Ann Cavlovic
, Hoda Montazeri
, Randi Ann Doll
, Marla Schecter Howard
, Sara Conway
, Joseph Chirayil
, Paula Ritchie
, Claire Gear
, Denica StP
, Joan Clare
, Karen Nordrum
, Angela Mitchell
, Esther VanGorder
, Janet Miller
, Ken Gilmour
, Melissa Kohlman
, Kevin Smith
, Debra Fisher
, Sindi Nika
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, Tracy Campbell
, Meghan Barton
, Payton Phillips
, MJ Malleck
, Karen Lowe
, Pat Johnston
, Sarah Van Dyk
, M M English
, Emily Johansen
, Naomi MacKinnon
, Lisa Mallia
, Meaghan Krygier
, Kim Carswell
, Tanis Anne
, Melissa Dingwall
, BARBARA BELL
, Val Ross
, Lauren Seal
, Blake Patterson
, Stephen Pinder
, Elizabeth Obermeyer
, Stay Ramsey
, Carson Loveless
, Mel Barroso
, Heather Belliveau
, Yolande Thivierge
, Melissa Poremba
, Lynn Andrews
, C. Ray
, Jody Berland
, Michelle Wong
, Rachel Edmonds
, Mary Ellen Havlik
, Vivian Thorgeirson
, Marilyn Boyle
, Pamela Bruce
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Akemi’s desire for independence and aversion to marriage are unusual in her small village. A gift for drawing allows her to move to a rooming house in Tokyo where she studies medical illustration, finding satisfaction in the precision and purpose of her work. Sayako is the first roommate to pay Akemi attention, and they quickly become inseparable—Sayako drawn to Akemi’s humble origins, so distinct from her own insufferable, wealthy family; Akemi attracted to Sayako’s rebelliousness and her aspiration to be a painter.
As Akemi begins to model for Sayako, their connection deepens. Together, they attend ‘happenings,' encounters arranged by two enigmatic artists, Nezu and Kaori, in random locations, intended to free them from their worldly attachments. Following a devastating betrayal, Sayako disappears, and Akemi becomes determined to find her—and in the process, must newly face herself.
is the story of a young woman struggling to see and be seen; of authenticity and art; of the thin line between loyalty and obsession.
