Abstract

This is the first collection of essays by Kawauchi Ario, a non-fiction writer who always shows us a wider world. Kawauchi Ario, who made her debut with "Eating in Paris" and won the Yahoo!News Shinya Grand Prize for Non-Fiction Books with "Going to See Art with a Blind Shiratori", has selected essays that she contributed to various media outlets, including the Nikkei Shimbun and the magazine "Hitotoki". She writes about Mexico's running tribes, her two unique cats, and the highly acclaimed "Crying Out Love in the Rough Sea"... She writes about amazing travels and encounters overseas, adventures hidden in everyday life, and views on life and death, inviting readers to new places. Her humorous and tasteful writing will evoke warm emotions. A book unique to Kawauchi Ario that will make you want to take a step forward for some reason.

Recommendation:
"Kawauchi dives unarmed into the rough seas and seizes precious encounters. This book itself is an adventure, a journey." Kishimoto Sachiko (translator)
"Extraordinary energy and writing style. It throws balls like no other before." Kodama (author/essayist)

Chapters:
Chapter 1: On a bus in Costa Rica
Chapter 2: Don't press all the elevator buttons
Chapter 3: Going to Kyoto to put away the lemons
Chapter 4: From the screening room at 4 a.m.
Chapter 5: Scream until your voice is hoarse
Chapter 6: A bouquet for an incomplete life

Author’s Information

Non-fiction writer. Born in Tokyo in 1972. Graduated from Nihon University College of Art. Earned a Master's degree in Latin American Studies from Georgetown University Graduate School in the US. Worked in the field of international cooperation in the US, Japan and France for 12 years. Since 2010, has been based in Tokyo and writing. Won the Nitta Jiro Literary Award for "Looking for Baul: Secret Songs in the Corner of the Earth" and the Kaiko Takeshi Non-Fiction Award for "The Giant Who Walks in the Sky" and the Yahoo! News Bookstore Award | Non-Fiction Book Grand Prize for "Going to See Art with a Blind Shiratori". Co-directed the documentary film "Going to See Art with a Blind Shiratori". Her favorite saying is, "In my next life, I want to be an adventurer."