“I wonder how she broke the news to her husband. I don't really know what they talk about when I'm not around. In fact, I don't really understand couples at all. They seem like some sort of inexplicable gaseous body to me—a shapeless, colorless, unintelligible thing, trapped in a laboratory beaker.” SistersCouplesJapanese LiteratureSingle Life Book:The Diving Pool: Three Novellas Source: The Diving Pool: Three Novellas