縮んだ愛

Okada, who has taught a special-needs class at a state primary school for years, tells his story as a confession, in the careful, earnest voice of a man who only ever says the right thing. Makino, an ex-pupil who once hit Okada's autistic pupil Satoshi, attaches himself to him, and they end up drinking together each week, until a stranger suddenly assaults Makino. Behind it lies an 'incident', and the question of whether the teacher is guilty.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

180 pages in the original

Set in

Japan

First published

2002 by Kodansha

Author's age

37 when first published

ISBN

9784062113311 (original)