Rakuen No Kan Vasu (Shincho Bunko)

[Machine Translation] One day, Tim Brown, a curator at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, was invited to a mansion in Switzerland. There, he sees a painting that bears a striking resemblance to Rousseau's masterpiece, "The Dream. The owner of the mansion offers the painting to the person who can correctly determine its authenticity, and gives him a mysterious old book to read that will provide clues. The owner gives the owner seven days to read a mysterious old book that contains clues to the painting. His rival is a Japanese researcher, Orie Hayakawa. Rousseau and Picasso, what are the thoughts of these two geniuses locked in a canvas? Winner of the Shugoro Yamamoto Award.

ニューヨーク近代美術館のキュレーター、ティム・ブラウンはある日スイスの大邸宅に招かれる。そこで見たのは巨匠ルソーの名作「夢」に酷似した絵。持ち主は正しく真贋判定した者にこの絵を譲ると告げ、手がかりとなる謎の古書を読ませる。リミットは7日間。ライバルは日本人研究者・早川織絵。ルソーとピカソ、二人の天才がカンヴァスに篭めた想いとは―。山本周五郎賞受賞作。