Yumoto, Kazumi
Gespensterschatten
A novel from Japan
Translated from Japanese by Yoko Koyama-Siebert
Nagel & Kimche, Zürich, 1995
180 pages
sFr. 24.80 / EUR 12,90
ISBN 978-3-312-00506-2
ages 12 and up
Original: »Natsu no niwa« © 1992 by Yumoto Kazumi
What is it really like to die, three friends ask themselves. They decide to observe an old man who lives alone. To begin with, the old man is highly suspicious of them, but gradually an unusual friendship develops. The three youths learn more about living than about dying.