Temmado No Aru Garage (Kodansha Bungei Bunko)

[Machine Translation] The protagonist, who finds himself in a place far removed from everyday life, amidst the remains of a long history and inaccessible nature, attempts to transcend "I" through his own experiences, which are eventually transformed by a deepened sense of the world stimulated by the alien sensibilities of young people, women, and other people close to him. This is a collection of masterful short stories filled with the thrill of transition, including the pioneering title story, which later became a highly acclaimed work set in an urban environment.

日常から遠く隔たった土地の悠久の歴史を物語る遺構や人を寄せ付けない奥深い自然の中に身を置いた主人公が自らの経験を通じて「私」を超えていこうとする試みは、やがて若者や女性といった身近な他者の異質な感性に刺激されて一層深化した世界感覚によって変貌を遂げる。後に高い評価を受ける都市を舞台にした作品群の嚆矢となった表題作を始め、転形期のスリルに満ちた傑作短篇集。