Distant Thunder: A Novel of Contemporary Japan

**Winner of the Noma Prize for New Writers**

Set in rural Japan as the height of the bubble economy, Distant Thunder tells of a farming village gradually effaced by urbanization, corruption, and greed. After Matsuzo Wada has sold off the family's land and left his wife for another woman, his son Mitsuo is determined to support himself and his mother in the traditional manner, farming.

All that remains of his ancestors' lands is a hothouse, in which he grows tomatoes to sell to the housewives ...