(tent) There, Yet Not There

The scent of the changing seasons stirs up distant memories— Scenes both vivid and hazy, real and dreamlike, take shape in the in-between spaces of daily life. In this quietly enchanting debut essay collection, Hiromi Kawakami weaves a world where the boundaries between reality and illusion gently blur. With subtle humor and tender insight, she captures moments that feel almost imagined, yet deeply familiar. A richly atmospheric book to be savored—soft, strange, and full of lingering warmth.