Abstract

Winner of the 61st Tanizaki Junichiro Prize!
An unidentified boy, estimated to be 4 or 5 years old, is found at a shopping mall along a national highway. Ritsu and Ai live in a house deep in the mountains that shelters a woman fleeing violence. Saki lost everything in the tsunami, and Hiro is a newcomer to the area after the disaster. Seven years after the disaster, the fates of these four women begin to change. A stunning mythical suspense story!

Author’s Information

Born in 1976. Made her debut in 2006 with "Fading Woman," which won the 102nd Bungakukai Newcomer Award. In 2022, she won the Bunkamura Dumago Literary Prize for "Someone to Watch Over You". Her other works include "Someone's Shore at Night."