Life is difficult. But humans have companions. -- In Haiti, where the scars of the great earthquake remain; on the Greek islands, where refugees from the Middle East and Africa gather; in the slums of the Philippines; and in the border region of Uganda, where the number of refugees from South Sudan has exceeded one million. Author Seiko Ito accompanied the activities of Doctors Without Borders and visited real-world sites around the globe, depicting them in this masterpiece of reportage. What "the world today" and "human hope" did this Japanese novelist capture? Life is difficult. But humans have companions. -- In Haiti, where the scars of the great earthquake remain; in the refugee camps of Greece, where refugees from the Middle East and Africa gather; in the slums of the Philippines; and in the border region of Uganda, where the number of refugees from South Sudan has exceeded one million. Author Seiko Ito accompanied the activities of Doctors Without Borders and visited real-world sites around the globe, depicting them in this masterpiece of reportage. What "the world today" and "human hope" did this Japanese novelist capture?