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Hundred Years and a Day: 34 Stories
Hundred Years and a Day: 34 Stories | Tomoka Shibasaki
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This ground-breaking collection from Tomoka Shibasaki, author of the acclaimed novel Spring Garden, pushes the short story to a new level.In these stories of human connection in a contemporary, alienated world, people come together to share pieces of their lives, then part. We meet the women who share a house after the outbreak of war before going their separate ways once it is over; the man who lives in a succession of rooftop apartments; the diverging lives of two brothers who are raised as latch-key kids by factory workers; the old ramen restaurant that endures despite the demolition of all surrounding buildings; people who watch a new type of spaceship lift off from a pier that once belonged to an island resort; and more.These 34 tales from all over the planet have the compulsive power of news reports, narrated in a crisp yet allegorical style.
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Spotting something unusual in the flower bed, student number one from class one in the first year of high school went over to it and discovered a round white growth.

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