A man who has lost his wife moves through despair and wandering until he meets confusion, awakening, and a forbidden affection for a boy. The novel builds a dreamlike world of fantasy and unease, and won the 24th Subaru Literary Award.

A lost husband’s inner tower rises even as it collapses.

During a summer return home, the narrator takes on the role of baseball coach and meets Mizuho, a girl with limited sight in one eye. The strange ties that gather around him lead him toward a deeply rooted nostalgia, in this 24th Subaru Literary Award winner.

A summer of youth baseball opens onto a quietly intimate sense of nostalgia.