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Pushkin Press The Bear and the Paving Stone by Toshiyuki Horie
Winner Of The Prestigious Akutagawa Prize, Three Dream-Like Tales Of Memory And War: Part Of Our Japanese Novella Series, Showcasing The Best Contemporary Japanese WritingA Japanese Man, Far From Home, Travels The Countryside Of Normandy With A Friend - Talking About War, Literature, And Everything In Between. As His Ideas Of His Life Become More Entangled With His Personal Writing, The Pangs Of His Past And His Half-Forgotten Memories Overlap And Threaten His Peace.Owing A Debt To French Writers From La Fontaine To Proust, The Three Fable-Like Tales In The Bear And The Paving Stone Are Stories Of Loss, Memory And A Longing To Belong.