About the Author

Akira Yoshimura was born in 1927. He was the prize-winning, bestselling author of twenty novels and collections of short stories and was the president of Japan's writer's union and a member of International PEN. He died in 2006.

Reviews

Exquisitely paced
* * Sunday Times * *

Haunting
* * Guardian * *

A haunting and beautifully rendered tale of enduring optimism
* * Herald * *

Has all the turbulent power of the sea
* * Scotsman * *

Set against [a] tapestry of near-nihilistic misery, Yoshimura's chiaroscuro touches of hope and love hint at something more profound
* * Times Literary Supplement * *