(tent) Rough and Restless

Drifting on a breeze, I somehow find myself in Nara feeding deer with Kazushi— (“Summer on the Radio”). Akina, Tsunemi, and Ban-chan sit around the kotatsu, chattering idly. Even after the New Year ends, they play at celebrating it all over again— (“Rough and Restless”). Love arrives in the most unexpected places, indifferent to time or setting. It nudges each character into small, impulsive acts—then disappears just as lightly. In these 23 shimmering vignettes, Hiromi Kawakami tenderly captures the richness of fleeting, foolish, and quietly radiant moments of love. Funny, wistful, and achingly true—these are stories of people brushing up against the extraordinary within the everyday.