Ano Hi Ni Kaeritai (Jitsugyononihonsha Bunko)

[Machine Translation] The day after the earthquake, the boy was standing in a town he had never seen before, smelling of the sea. While waiting for his parents to pick him up at a passing old lady's house, he experienced everything he had ever wanted to do... ("The Boy Who Flew"). In addition to the title story, which depicts an encounter at a nursing home with an elderly man in a wheelchair who tells a false story about his life, and its unexpected ending, there are six other stories depicting small miracles and hope that transcend time and space. A Naoki Prize nominee for the 143rd Naoki Award.

地震に遭った翌日、少年は、海の匂いのする、見たこともない町に立っていた。通りかかったオバサンの家で親の迎えを待つ間に体験したのは、少年がこれまでしてみたかったことばかりで...(「翔る少年」)。介護施設で出会った、嘘のような人生を語る車いすの老人との交流と意外な結末を描く表題作ほか、時空を超えた小さな奇跡と希望を描く六篇。第143回直木賞候補作。