Kawatta Type / Original Title: UNCOMMON TYPE (CREST)

[Machine Translation] Four guys from high school who want to travel to the moon. Christmas, a soldier returning from the Western Front. An eccentric billionaire and his faithful secretary. A woman who just broke up with her man buys a typewriter. A boy shuttling between divorced parents. An immigrant who lands in New York City after being forced to flee his homeland in the civil war. A man who has become a celebrity because he keeps getting perfect scores at bowling. The debut novel by Tom Hanks, a novelist who surprised the world. Seventeen stories, full of good American kindness and humor, weave together moments of life like scenes from an omnibus movie.

月旅行を目指す高校時代からの四人組。西部戦線からの帰還兵のクリスマス。変わり者の億万長者とその忠実な秘書。男と別れたばかりの女がつい買ったタイプライター。離婚した父母のあいだをゆききする少年。内戦で祖国を追われ、ニューヨークに上陸した移民。ボウリングでパーフェクトスコアを出し続け、セレブに上り詰めた男―。世界が驚いた、小説家トム・ハンクスのデビュー作。良きアメリカの優しさとユーモアにあふれ、人生のひとコマをオムニバス映画のシーンのように紡いだ、17の物語。