The Year of the Cliff by 日野啓三 is a Japanese literary work. 自覚症状のないまま癌を経験した著者が、小説とエッセイの境界を行き来しながら生の感覚を見つめる作品。非現実感を帯びた身体経験が、都市的で内省的な文体によって描かれる。

The Year of the Cliff distills the author's eye and style into a compact work.

Allegory no Orimono is a collection of criticism in which Jiro Kawamura moves across literature and thought to examine how symbol and allegory work. Its critical range, including the reception of Walter Benjamin, reconsiders the act of reading itself.

A book that follows the woven texture connecting literature and thought.