Watanabe Junichi's latest selected short story collection: The Tear Pot

Author: (Japanese) Watanabe Junichi
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: This is a short story collection by the renowned contemporary Japanese writer Watanabe Junichi. The collection includes eight outstanding short stories written by the author, such as Rosa's Association, The Tear Vessel, 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, Watanabe Junichi, tells you one touching story after another. A woman, on her deathbed, tells her husband her final request: she hopes that after her death, her ashes will be made into a pot. The man complies. Then, a trace of tenderness from the woman seems to take residence in this pot, lingering endlessly. Everything is watched over by her. The man's new girlfriend is scared away, another woman who discusses marriage meets with a tragic fate, and with no other choice, the man is forced to return to the side of that pot. Even when telling a story with a slightly eerie touch, the master of aestheticism, Watanabe Junichi, uses a touch of sorrow in his writing, a sigh that makes you unwillingly fall into the sadness.