Keyaki no Ki

欅の木

by Ryuichiro Utsumi, Jirou Taniguchi

Keyaki no Ki is a collection of eight stories, selected from nearly two hundred of the great storyteller Ryuchiro Utsumi, these are the solid rock on which Taniguchi builds a deep, complex and mature reflection on daily life in Japanese society that has always been dominated by very strict schemes. Another masterpiece by Taniguchi, an author too huge to not be read. 1. Keyaki no Ki (欅の木) 2. Shiroi Mokuba (白い木馬) 3. Saikai (再会) 4. Ani no Kurashi (兄の暮らし) 5. Amagasa (雨傘) 6. Kaigakan Fukin (絵画館付近) 7. Hayashi wo Nukete (林を抜けて) 8. Kare no Kokyou (彼の故郷)