Sumoru Wa Ruzu

[Machine Translation] Six stories of people who live with the reality that things are not always as they seem. A housewife who pretends to have a happy marriage and a boy who is not blessed with a good family. (A high school brother who lives again with his older sister who came back to Japan with a secret. A grandmother and her daughter's family rejoice at the birth of their first grandchild. A man and a woman who continue to exchange letters in secret. A father and son who could not face each other. A senior and a junior who have parted without being able to say what is important to them. This is a series of stories that depicts the lovely joys, sorrows, and feelings of someone while being close to his or her grief. Included in the 74th Japan Mystery Writers Association Award nominee for short stories ("Picnic").

ままならない現実を抱えて生きる人たちの6つの物語。夫婦円満を装う主婦と、家庭に恵まれない少年。「秘密」を抱えて出戻ってきた姉とふたたび暮らす高校生の弟。初孫の誕生に喜ぶ祖母と娘家族。人知れず手紙を交わしつづける男と女。向き合うことができなかった父と子。大切なことを言えないまま別れてしまった先輩と後輩。誰かの悲しみに寄り添いながら、愛おしい喜怒哀楽を描き尽くす連作集。第74回日本推理作家協会賞短編部門候補作「ピクニック」収録。