The Bear and the Paving Stone

The Bear and the Paving Stone

Toshiyuki Horie
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Author:  Toshiyuki Horie
Condition:  New
Format:  Paperback
Pages:  128
Publisher:  Pushkin Press
Year:  2018
ISBN:  9781782274377

Winner of the prestigious Akutagawa Prize, three dream-like tales of memory and war


Visiting a friend in the French countryside, a man finds himself cast into the quandaries of historical whim, religious identity, and seeing without sight; a walk along the seashore, upon the anniversary of a death, becomes a reverie on building sandcastles; and an innocent break-in at the ruins of an archbishop's residence takes a turn towards disaster.


In three stories that prove the unavoidable connections of our past, Toshiyuki Horie creates a haunting world of dreams and memories where everyone ends up where they began - whether they want to or not.

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