The novel by the famous Japanese writer Yuko Tsushima takes the reader to a time of post-war devastation, desperate poverty and the collapse of all former social foundations - to the era in which the author, the daughter of the greatest prose writer of the 20th century, spent her childhood. Dazai Osamu. Against the background of screaming poverty and frustration of moral values in a defeated and humiliated country, two teenagers go on a romantic trip. Their attempt to escape from the gloomy reality is doomed to failure from the very beginning, but inexhaustible curiosity and the power of dreams draw the fugitives further and further into unknown lands... Yuko Tsushima’s lyrical narration once again reminds the reader of the abyss from which Japan has risen, now becoming a country of social harmony and general prosperity.

16+ For readers over 16 years old