![]() ![]() ![]() 'Atmospheric, meditative story of memory and loss in a gentrifying Tokyo neighbourhood. 'Shibasaki expertly weaves a sense of foreboding' - Asymptote a brief, exquisitely crafted story of human connection in a contemporary, alienating society' - Shelf Awareness (starred review) 'Every word matters in this unflinching and quietly powerful novella. 'This gentle story about people brought together by places is like a good meditation: quiet, surprising and deeply satisfying' - New York Times Book Review Since the death of his father, Taro keeps to himself, but is soon drawn into an unusual relationship with the woman upstairs, Nishi, as she passes on the strange tale of the sky-blue house next door.įirst discovered by Nishi in the little-known photo-book 'Spring Garden', the sky-blue house soon becomes a focus for both Nishi and Taro: of what is lost, of what has been destroyed, and of what hope may yet lie in the future for both of them, if only they can seize it. Winner of the Akutagawa Prize, a sharp, photo-realistic novella of memory and thwarted hopeĭivorced and cut off from his family, Taro lives alone in one of the few occupied apartments in his block, a block that is to be torn down as soon as the remaining tenants leave. ![]()
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