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“Elegantly understated…Matsuie, renowned as an editor (of Haruki Murakami, among other writers) before becoming an author, delivers a simple but graceful tale that’s full of intriguing asides on architecture…A novel packed with ideas about art, life, and love.”—Kirkus Reviews
“The more I read, the more I fell in love with this beautiful novel…Its foremost charm is the fluent, clean-cut use of words. Nothing in Matsuie’s descriptions is superfluous, nor is anything missing, and the refreshing vitality of his prose is impressive…The birth of such a writer is cause for celebration.” —Hiromi Kawakami, author of Strange Weather in Tokyo and The Nakano Thrift Shop