Bought at Goodwill in Greensburg, Pa., to release in the wild.

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

Sending this to shovelmonkey1 in England, because there was extra room in the box I was already sending. Enjoy!

Thank you this is an excellent surprise! I know already someone else who would like to read this so i will be sending it on when I've read it. Thanks for the trade and if you ever see something on my available shelf all you have to do is ask!

A series of short stories, for the most part set in post-war Japan as an ancient culture is left trying to re-establish customs and traditions which are rapidly being usurped by Western, particularly American influences. Each story is well written and Waters seems to have a real strength in describing elements of the landscape, particularly anything relating to water. Many of the stories are sad, touching or regretful and an almost universal theme of the mourning of change is woven into each story, be it the change in health, change in pace of life or change in tradition.

Thanks again grubsneerg for this book, it was a nice read. I'm going to send it as a RABCK to ApoloniaX after easter as I know she likes Asian literature and is interested in Japan.

Travelling to Bremen to a new reader. Hope you haven't read this one already!

Thanks a lot, shovelmonkey1, for sending this book to me!
I don't know the author - looking forward to reading it.

Brilliant short stories set in post-war Japan, all with a beautiful melancholic undertone, very well written, in that understated way that I so love in many Japanese novels or short stores. Recommendable.

Travelling to another BCer who likes Japanese literature. Hope you enjoy the stories as much as I did!

Well remembered ApoloniaX!! This looks great. It's like Christmas! Thank you too for the postcards from Berlin and notepaper from Dublin.

I have lent this temporarily to a friend, who actually is a huge star in Japan despite never having been there!

Yesterday my friend gave me back the book saying she really loved it. :)

A couple of months ago I lent this to a Ukrainian friend of mine.

My Ukrainian friend is off to reconnect with people she’s missing in Ukraine. She gave this back to me saying she’d found it too difficult for her.