A family that welcomes Claire, a foreign bride, experiences both buoyant happiness and tragedy. The story portrays what obstructs the wish of people from different backgrounds to live together.

Through the happiness and tragedy of a family welcoming a foreign bride, the desire and difficulty of living together come into view.

A work of criticism by Sakai Takayuki on Yukio Mishima and the youth of modern Japan. Submitted under the title "Kake, Machi, Ketchaku su," it was retitled for publication as the prize-winning work.

A work of criticism on Yukio Mishima and the youth of modern Japan.