An architect probes why his prizewinning house stands abandoned, in an atmospheric mystery of design, legacy, and identity.
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An architect probes why his prizewinning house stands abandoned, in an atmospheric mystery of design, legacy, and identity.
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A Financial Times Translated Fiction Book of the Year Translated from the Japanese by Louise Heal Kawai Minoru Aose is an architect whose greatest achievement is to have designed the Yoshino house, a prizewinning and much discussed private residence built in the shadow of Mount Asama. Aose has never been able to replicate this triumph and his career seems to have hit a barrier, while his marriage has failed. He is shocked to learn that the Yoshino House is empty apart from a single chair, stood ...
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A death figures in the mystery; no graphic violence depicted
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Brief bribery and corruption subplot; themes of legacy
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