The Woman in the Purple Skirt

“So I would do it again. And this time, much harder. I might dig my nails into the flesh on the top of her nose, and make her bleed. The Woman in the Purple Skirt might fly into a rage, and then grab me and drag me off the bus. But I didn't care. That would allow me to tell her who I was, and to apologize to her, and beg her forgiveness. And then we could become friends.”

Imamura, Natsuko. The Woman in the Purple Skirt (p. 104). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

The Woman in the Purple Skirt is the object of close observation and study by the Woman in the Yellow Cardigan. Very close observation and study. It's a story of loneliness. It's a story of obsession. It's a story of disfunction. And it's mesmerizing because you don't know where the story is going or what the characters might do.