遠いあし音 is a work by 小林勇. It is presented here as a prize-winning work, with attention to its subject, tone, and place in the author's career.

A prize-winning work by 小林勇.

すまいの四季 is a work by 清水一. It is presented here as a prize-winning work, with attention to its subject, tone, and place in the author's career.

A prize-winning work by 清水一.

An essay collection by Nobukatsu Fujita, a former London bureau chief for the Mainichi Shimbun, observing British society, national character, and everyday life from a postwar Japanese perspective. Through the eyes of a journalist living on the ground, it conveys not only differences in institutions and customs but also the distinctive cast of British thinking.

A journalist's observations bring the strangeness and familiarity of Britain to postwar Japanese readers.