At the end of summer, the narrator, driven by anxiety about losing her youth, relentlessly pursues sexual desire. As she confronts her own impulses, the novel traces a period in which uninhibited sexuality intersects with a fear of aging.

As the evening suddenly loses its brightness, anxiety about youth drives the narrator toward uninhibited sexuality.

A novella portraying a powerful will to seek happiness. It is an early work by Makoto Yoshikawa and a winner of the second Subaru Literary Award.

A story of a powerful will to seek happiness.