The Bear and the Paving Stone (Japanese Novellas)

Synopsis

A 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.--amazon.com. The Bear And The Paving Stone -- The Sandman Is Coming -- In The Old Castle. Toshiyuki Horie ; Translated By Geraint Howells. Winner Of The Akutagawa Prize.