Akira Kido is a divorce attorney whose own marriage is in danger of being destroyed by emotional disconnect. With a midlife crisis looming, Kido's life is upended by the reemergence of a former client, Rié Takemoto. She wants Kido to investigate a dead man - her recently deceased husband, Daisuké. Upon his death she discovered that he’d been living a lie. His name, his past, his entire identity belonged to someone else, a total stranger.

Paul Auster's signature work, The New York Trilogy, consists of three interlocking novels: City of Glass, Ghosts, and The Locked Room - haunting and mysterious tales that move at the breathless pace of a thriller.

来る2020年11月25日は、三島由紀夫が自衛隊市ヶ谷駐屯地に乱入し割腹自殺を遂げてから50周年を迎える。これまで作家適菜収氏が三島由紀夫を研究し、三島の言葉の意味するところを「三島の予言」として世に問う一冊。

An aspiring writer moves into a new apartment and discovers that her landlady has murdered her husband. Elsewhere, an accomplished surgeon is approached by a cabaret singer, whose beautiful appearance belies the grotesque condition of her heart. And while the surgeon's jealous lover vows to kill him, a violent envy also stirs in the soul of a lonely craftsman. Desire meets with impulse and erupts, attracting the attention of the surgeon's neighbor - who is drawn to a decaying residence that is now home to instruments of human torture.

野間文芸新人賞受賞作。1通の手紙から羊をめぐる冒険が始まった 消印は1978年5月――北海道発。あなたのことは今でも好きよ、という言葉を残して妻が出て行った。その後広告コピーの仕事を通して、耳専門のモデルをしている21歳の女性が新しいガール・フレンドとなった。