グランド・フィナーレ

Sawami once made educational films; now he has no job, his family has fallen apart since Christmas 2001, and he is back in his hometown of Jinmachi, lending a hand in a stationery shop. One Sunday evening, as the buses start to sound like sleigh bells, he meets two little girls. Then the local kids' club wants him to direct their play, and the old ties of the place begin to draw him in.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

200 pages in the original

Set in

Japan

First published

2004 by Kodansha

Author's age

36 when first published

ISBN

9784062127936 (original)