Tetto Kazoku Ka (P+D)

[Machine Translation] A story of family ties depicted with seasonal scenes. -I didn't want my son to give up what he wanted to do, saying that it was impossible. Saiki wanted to believe that it was a good thing that Shun, who had refused to go to junior high school for so long, had decided to leave the house he had been shutting himself away from and step out into the world. -The novelist couple, Saiki and Naho, live surrounded by plants and trees, listening to the chirping of wild birds. They live peacefully with their warm neighbors when they receive news that the son of Saiki's ex-wife has run away from home. Can the couple be there for their son, who is very dissatisfied with his home life, and can they reconnect with their son, whom they have hardly seen since their divorce? This is the second part of the famous novel that won the 31st Obutsu Jiro Prize.

季節の風物とともに描く家族の絆の物語。―いま息子が望んでいることを、はなからそれは無理というものだ、と諦めさせたくはなかった。ずっと中学校を登校拒否していた瞬が、引きこもっていた家を出て、社会へと足を踏み出そうとしたことはよかったではないか、と斎木は信じたかった。―草木に囲まれ、野鳥のさえずりを聞きながら暮らす小説家の斎木と奈穂の夫婦。あたたかいご近所さんと交流しながら平穏に暮らすふたりのもとに、斎木の先妻との子が家出したという知らせが舞い込んできた。家庭に大きな不満を抱く息子に寄り添い、離婚以来ほとんど会うことがかなわなかった息子との絆を取り戻すことはできるか...。第31回大佛次郎賞に輝いた名作私小説の後編。