Haru, Shinan

[Machine Translation] Tomio is 70 years old and it has been six years since his wife passed away. He is living in a two-family house, which is supposed to be ideal for him, but he is lonely. Then, he meets again a woman with whom he had a relationship when he was a student... Koyomi goes to visit her father's grave with her mother and husband. As a housewife with no children, she is unable to take the first step in anything. When she stops by her parents' house for the first time in a while, she finds a suspicious man who claims to be her mother's lover... People fall in love and are in love with sex, no matter how old they get. This is a collection of vivid novels that depict the wavering minds and bodies of women in a frank and loving manner.

「春、死なん」妻を亡くして6年の70歳の富雄。理想的なはずの二世帯住宅での暮らしは孤独で、何かを埋めるようにひとり自室で自慰行為を繰り返す日々。そんな折、学生時代に一度だけ関係を持った女性と再会し...。「ははばなれ」母と夫と共に、早くに亡くなった父の墓参りに向かったコヨミ。専業主婦で子供もまだなく、何事にも一歩踏み出せない。久しぶりに実家に立ち寄ると、そこには母の恋人だという不審な男が...。人は恋い、性に焦がれる―いくら年を重ねても。揺れ惑う心と体を赤裸々に、愛をこめて描く鮮烈な小説集。