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A modern story about a decent man.

About the Author

After graduating from Keio University, "Naoyuki Ii" made his debut in 1983 with "Kusakanmuri" ("The Grass Radical"), which won the Gunzo Prize for New Writers. Sophie Refle lives in Paris. Her major translations include Hiromi Kawakami's "To Drown" and Yu Miri's "The Fish that Swims to the Rock". Raised in Japan, Wayne P. Lammers ( Ph.D. in Japanese) taught at the university level. He was translation editor for Mangajin and is considered one of the finest translators of Japanese literature today.