Magoroku Ide follows the lives of Japanese orphans left in China, tracing war, state responsibility after defeat, life after return, and family memory. Through individual testimony, the book reveals an unresolved postwar issue in Japan.

A book that shows, through the voices of Japanese orphans left in China, that the end of war did not end its consequences in individual lives.

Otohiko Kaga’s long novel sets individual lives against the era of student movements, exploring ideology, guilt, faith, and solitude on a broad canvas. The heat of the times intersects with private inner lives, creating a layered portrait of people shaken by social change.

A major novel asking what people believe in, and how they live with wounds, amid the turbulence of an era.