Kaidan Wo Oriru Onna (CREST)

[Machine Translation] A picture suddenly reunited with him in Sydney, where he was on a business trip. The mysterious woman who comes down the stairs, dressed in all her finery, has disappeared without a trace. The bitter memory of 40 years ago comes back to him. If only he had been able to escape with her that day... When the man finds the woman living in an isolated seaside house, he learns of her past, which he could not erase even if he wanted to. -He wonders if his life was really right. The man quietly stays close to the dying woman, embracing the time that remains, and begins to weave the story of two people who could not fulfill their destiny. A poignant love story about a single painting. A new work by an international bestselling author that depicts the glimmer of life's final moments.

出張先のシドニーで突然再会した一枚の絵。一糸まとわぬ姿で階段を下りてくるのは、忽然と姿をくらました謎の女。企業弁護士として順調に歩んできた初老の中に、40年前の苦い記憶が甦る。あの日、もし一緒に逃げることができていたら...。孤絶した海辺の家に暮らす女を探し当てた男は、消したくとも消せなかった彼女の過去を知る。―自分の人生は本当に正しかったのか?男は死期が迫る女に静かに寄り添い、残された時間を抱きしめながら、果たせなかった二人の物語を紡ぎ始める。一枚の絵をめぐる、哀切なラブ・ストーリー。人生の終局の煌めきを描く、世界的ベストセラー作家の新境地。