This item has been stored at home. The contents are in like-new, excellent condition, but it is old, so there is some minor aging of the cover. As shown in the image, there is a small tear at the top of the cover. We appreciate your understanding. To speak is to listen. That's why it resonates with the heart. Five essays before the earthquake, five essays after the earthquake, carefully selected. [Interviewees] Gen Kida - A Life of Detours Yoshiko Tatsumi - Paternity and Maternity Hiroyuki Itsuki - Enjoying Old Age Yōro Takeshi - The Ancient Layers of the Japanese Heart Tamami Katada - Beyond Personality Disorder Taichi Yamada - Mental Reconstruction Shinichi Nakazawa - Starting Anew from Impermanence Masaru Sato - Fukushima and Okinawa Shigeaki Hinohara - Knowing Enough Tetsuo Yamaori - Prayers for Nuclear Workers All are leading figures in their respective fields. I feel like I'm receiving a lecture, but that wouldn't make a conversation, so I interject with half-baked words. (Omitted) I don't quite understand how I've changed before and after the Great Earthquake, even when rereading it. I leave that to the reader's judgment, and I, for my part, am happy that the stimulating conversations of these people are now available in a form that can be reread at any time. (From the preface) From Reviews A Conversation Collection by Mr. Sōkyū Gen, Who Has Shed His Skin "Incomplete is Also Appreciable" (Sōkyū Gen) A dialogue between ten intellectuals and Mr. Sōkyū Gen, who suffered extensive damage in the Great East Japan Earthquake. This is his second collection of conversations, following "Tashō no En" (Many Lives' Connections). Mr. Gen has changed even further (according to Mr. Shinichi Nakazawa), and compared to his previous collection of conversations, this one is more profound and full of suggestions, making it a very insightful collection. I was surprised to hear that Mr. Sato's father may have been from Miharu, Fukushima, and a parishioner of Mr. Gen. A Good Book Befitting the Second Year After the Great Earthquake Lately, I've been enjoying looking at sites that collect book reviews from various newspapers and adding them to my Amazon wish list. Among them, the first book I bought was a collection of conversations by Mr. Gen. As expected of Tokyo Shoseki, when I see that this kind of book is published, I think that Japan still has some hope. I've only glanced through it, but in the conversation with Dr. Shigeaki Hinohara, it seems that Dr. Hinohara was in the chairman's office of St. Luke's International Hospital during the Great East Japan Earthquake, and he thought, "The second Great Kanto Earthquake has come."