Durian Sukegawa

Meet Sentaro, a bit of a loser who has a humdrum existence making and selling sweet bean dorayaki for his snack-shack. They're not the best - he cuts corners. Then along comes Tokue, a spectacularly ugly old woman who begs him for a job, and finally he gives in. She introduces him to her highly superior sweet bean paste, and business looks up. He learns that she had been incarcerated in a leper colony for much of her life- hence her deformities - though she is no longer infectious. This is their story - one of confronting prejudice and your own demons, and in which they come to learn that being a useful member of society is not the be-all and end-all. Instead, humans exist to verify the existence of the universe. That is enough. A charming and lyrically written story, if perhaps a little sentimental for hard-bitten English sensibilities.… (lisätietoja)

حين تنظر الى الحياة من وجهة نظر كائن آخر غيرك..
رواية مقبضة ومأسوية لن يحبها الجميع
ستكره البشر الذين يريدون أن يبيدوا الغربان لأنك اقتربت ونظرت من ناحية الغراب جونسون ورأيت أدق تفاصيل حياته ومأساته
ستشعر بالأسى على ريتسوكو ولو أن دورها هي ويويتشي كان قليلا في الرواية فالأساس كان الغراب المنبوذ… (lisätietoja)