Kuroko : Talonbooks : 9781772012699 : 1772012696 : 04 Feb 2021 : A father who feels his family is better off without him ? a daughter who retreats completely into the virtual world ? a family torn apart by the past with little hope for a future. But each discovers the desire to save each other, and perhaps themselves. From the acclaimed Canadian playwright, comedian, and radio broadcaster Tetsuro Shigematsu, author of the award-winning plays Empire of the Son and 1 Hour Photo, comes a powerful display of theatrical and literary emotion: Kuroko. Maya is a hikikomori (?????), an extreme recluse who hasn't left her bedroom in five years, spending all her time in Virtual Reality. So her father hires an actor to befriend her online and entice her back into the real world. How? By visiting the scariest place on earth, Aokigahara, the ?Suicide Forest.? When we lose what gives our lives purpose, when the distance between us and those closest to us seems impossible to bridge, where do we turn