The book is, like smith's translation, is doing a little bit of both. But as i've tried to impart, the thing that really stands out is just the images,. Like the wife on unexplained at the fridge, the father trying to shove meat in his daughter's mouth. You can just, like, a knock her over if you want, and then she'll talk to you about being a tree. And this book certainly has that in spades.