海岸通り

Kuzumi, an agency cleaner at Kirara-en, a care home by the sea, tells her story in a dry, unruffled voice. Around her are Maria, a co-worker from Uganda, Kanzaki, an ex-colleague who always found ways to slack off, and Mrs Sato, who waits each day at a bus stop that is only a prop. Their ties are loose, with bitterness and anger under the calm, as the women dance past every line between proper and mistaken, true and counterfeit.

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About the book

Form

Novella

Length

124 pages in the original

Set in

Japan

First published

2024 by Bungeishunju

Author's age

40 when first published

ISBN

9784163918815 (original)