Kogetsuita Kage / Original Title: BURNT SHADOWS

[Machine Translation] August 9, 1945. Hiroko Tanaka stands on the porch, gazing at the beautiful mountains of Nagasaki spread out before her. When will the war end? she thought to herself, as she was about to marry a German man, Konrad. At that moment, with a flash of light and a blast, the world vanished. The world disappeared with a flash of light and a blast, leaving only a crane-shaped burn on her back. Heartbroken, Hiroko went to Delhi, India, alone after the war, to live with Conrad's half-sister and her husband. There she meets a young Muslim man, Sajjad, a servant of the couple, and is gradually attracted to his intellectual and sincere manner... From the atomic bombing of Nagasaki to the separation of India and Pakistan, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and the terrorist attacks of 2001, this is a masterpiece of literature that depicts the life of a Japanese woman at the mercy of the turbulent history of the world today. Winner of the Anisfield Wolfe Book Award. Finalist for the Orange Prize.

1945年8月9日。田中寛子は縁側に立ち、眼前に広がる長崎の美しい山々を見つめていた。「戦争はいつ終わるのかしら?」ドイツ人男性コンラッドとの結婚を目前に控えた彼女はひとりごちた。その瞬間、閃光と爆風とともに世界は消え去った。彼女の背中に鶴の形をした火傷だけを残して。傷心の寛子は、戦後コンラッドの異母姉夫婦を頼って単身インドのデリーに渡る。そこで夫婦の使用人でムスリムの青年サジャッドと知り合い、その知的で真摯な物腰に次第に惹かれていく...。長崎への原爆投下からインド・パキスタン分離独立、ソ連のアフガニスタン侵攻、2001年同時多発テロ事件―激動の現代史に翻弄された日本人女性の生の軌跡を描く圧巻の文芸大作。アニスフィールド・ウルフ図書賞受賞。オレンジ賞最終候補作。