The Bear and the Paving Stone

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by Horie, Toshiyuki | Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Published 26/09/2024 by PUSHKIN PRESS in the United Kingdom Paperback | 128 pages197 x 128 x 9mm | 120gWinnerof th e prestigious Akutagawa Prize, three dream-like tales of memory andwarVisiting a friend in the Frenchcountryside, a man finds himself cast into the quandaries of historical whim,religious identity, and seeing without sight; a walk along the seashore, uponthe anniversary of a death, becomes a reverie on building sandcastles; and aninnocent break-in at the ruins of an archbishop's residence takes a turntowards disaster.In three stories that prove theunavoidable connections of our past, Toshiyuki Horie creates a haunting worldof dreams and memories where everyone ends up where they began - whether theywant to or not.ToshiyukiHorie (born 1964) is a scholar of French literature and aprofessor at Waseda University. He has won many literary prizes, includingthe Mishima Yukio Prize, Akutagawa Prize (for The Bear and thePaving Stone), the Kawabata Yasunari Prize, the TanizakiJun'ichiro Prize and the Yomiuri Prize for Literature (twice). Show more