聖水

Weakening as death approaches, a father goes on believing in the miraculous water promoted by an old friend from his childhood, who may be a spiritual leader or simply a fraud. His son is repelled by the friend's methods of selling it. Around the family supermarket, a hidden fight over who will run the business breaks out, while faith in the water takes on the trappings of a new religion. The story asks what belief and salvation can offer a person at the end of life.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

315 pages in the original

Genres

Family (assigned by AI)

First published

2000 by Bungeishunju

Author's age

42 when first published

ISBN

9784163198903 (original)