In the title story, a translator travels to a remote village in Normandy to visit an old friend and finds serendipitous connections to the people, places, and stories he encounters. Across these ruminative stories, Horie suddenly drops in moments of piercing wisdom and revelation, revealing that, for better or worse, there is no escape from one’s memory. Horie weaves fables out of everyday existence in these three captivating tales of relationships and lives revisited. In the final story, “In the Old Castle,” one man’s memory of his youthful transgression of breaking and entering turns into an allegory about the force of fear itself. The narrator’s response, “Is there anyone else?” reveals the theme that while some things wash away, the connections that remain become anchors. While reminiscing, the narrator suggests that they travel with her child to places he’d written about to his dying friend. In “The Sandman is Coming,” a man visits the seaside with his dead friend’s sister. Horie weaves fables out of everyday existence in these three captivating tales of relationships and lives revisited. The Bear and the Paving Stone (Japanese Novellas) by Toshiyuki Horie and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
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