An autobiographical novel in which the narrator looks back on his wife, the poet Keiko Fukui, from their meeting through marriage, family life, illness, and death. Through intimate memory, it portrays artistic pride, marital strain, care, and mourning.

A concise work whose appeal lies in atmosphere, memory, and carefully observed feeling.

After his wife disappears, Ogata Takao loses work, health, and social standing, eventually serving time in prison. On his release, he walks toward the edge of the world in a stark novel about collapse, freedom, guilt, and the possibility of renewal.

A concise work whose appeal lies in atmosphere, memory, and carefully observed feeling.