Abstract

Woman discovered to have cancer three months into pregnancy, a man tries to give up his dream of becoming a professional photographer after the death of his father.......
People at various crossroads in their lives travel alone to Hokkaido and receive a bundle of paper. It was a story with no written ending, "Beyond the Sky.
Emi, the daughter of a baker in a rural mountain town, has loved writing novels since her school days and has been recognized by others for her abilities. One day, she becomes engaged to a young man who has been a client, but at the same time, another acquaintance asks her if she would like to train under the writer she has always admired.
Should I break off my engagement and go to Tokyo or give up my dream of becoming a writer......?
Those who receive the story "Beyond the Sky," which is interrupted here, ponder its ending and take a step toward their own life decisions.
Kanae Minato depicts the salvation of life.

Author’s Information

Born in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1973, she won the Shosetsu Suishin Shinjin Sho (New Writer's Award for Novelists) in 2007 for "Seisyokusha (Clergyman). The following year, "Confessions," which includes the same story, was named No. 1 in the domestic category in the Weekly Bunshun Mystery Top 10, and won the Honya Taisho Award in 2009. 2012 "Boukyou, Umi no Hoshi" won the Japan Mystery Writers Association Award in the short story category, 2016 "Utopia" won the Shugoro Yamamoto Award. 2018 "Atonement" was nominated for the Edgar Award In 2018, "Atonement" was nominated for the Edgar Award. Her other books include "Shoujo," "For N," "Night Ferris Wheel," "Motherhood," "High School Entrance Exam," "Sleeping on Beans," "Diary of a Mountain Woman," "Zesshou," "Rebirth," "Poison Daughter, Holy Mother," "Future," "Broadcast," and the essay collection "Wildcat Coffee".