Yoko Hiramatsu's reading essays trace books she read over the course of a year. Moving through works by figures such as Sadako Sawamura, Futaro Yamada, Shishi Bunroku, Yoko Sano, and Yasunari Kawabata, she gives language to the bodily pleasure of reading.

An essay collection that swims through a sea of books and savors the unruly pleasure of reading.