Shugyoku No Tampen (Kodansha Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Writer Soko Natsumi was stunned by the table of contents of the magazine. The title "A Pearl of Short Stories" was attached to one of her own works. The words were the furthest thing from her style. The "gem" eventually became a delusion that grew in Soseko's mind... In addition to the title story, there are 11 stories that depict the cruelty and ridiculousness of life in sharp language, including the Kawabata Award-winning "Seisen teru teru bozu," which vividly depicts the friendship between a man and a woman.

作家・夏耳漱子は掲載誌の目次に茫然とする。自作に付された「珠玉の短編」という惹句。作風に最も遠いその言葉。やがて「珠玉」は妄念となり漱子の頭の中に増殖していくが...。表題作の他、男女の友情を鮮烈に叙景した川端賞受賞作「生鮮てるてる坊主」など、生の残酷と滑稽を鋭敏な言葉で描き出す11の物語。