Michikusa: A Novel

"[Soseki's] private torments have become symbols of an entire age" --Norma Field, author and translator

"A Japanese writer of genius" --Japan Quarterly

One drizzly day in Tokyo, Kenzo is walking to his job as a university professor when he crosses paths with his former adoptive father, Shimada. They have not seen each other for fifteen years, yet Kenzo says nothing; he detests the man and the memories associated with him. Soon, however, Kenzo is entangled with Shimada and begins to reexamin...