Winner of the prestigious Akutagawa Prize three dream-like tales of memory & war Visiting a friend in the French countryside a man finds himself cast into the quandaries of historical whim religious identity & seeing without sight; a walk along the seashore upon the anniversary of a death becomes a reverie on building sandcastles; & an innocent break-in at the ruins of an archbishop's residence takes a turn towards disaster In three stories that prove the unavoidable connections of our past Toshiyuki Horie creates a haunting world of dreams & memories where everyone ends up where they began
- whether they want to or not