Tears Pot - The Latest Self-Selected Short Story Collection by

Author: Akizuki Junichi
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: This is a short story collection by the renowned contemporary Japanese writer Akizuki Junichi. The collection includes eight of the author's outstanding short stories, such as Rosa Reminiscence, The Tears Pot, The Jade Bug Shrine, The Twilight of Ginza, Unrequited Love, Making Up for the Dead, Shadows Under the Microscope, and Grapes. The master of aestheticism, Akizuki Junichi, tells a series of touching stories. A woman, on her deathbed, tells her husband her final request: she hopes her ashes will be made into a pot. The man complies. Then, a trace of her tenderness seems to take residence in the pot, enduring endlessly. Under her watchful gaze, the man's new girlfriend is driven away, and another woman who discusses marriage meets with a tragic fate. With no other choice, the man is forced to return to the side of the pot. Even when telling a story with a touch of horror, the master of aestheticism, Akizuki Junichi, uses a tone imbued with sorrow, a sigh that makes you unwillingly immerse yourself in the sadness.