- Title: Last Farewell - Author: Erika Kobayashi Someone who once existed, here, far away. Through words, we can meet. -- Recommended by Yuka Shibasaki Libro, the youngest of four sisters, retraces her family's history after her father, a translator of Sherlock Holmes, collapses. A quirky and endearing family story spun across time and space. "There, people who had already died long ago were all alive. Right here, in front of Libro, they were alive." From London a hundred years ago, through war and earthquakes, to the present day, the family's memories and the stories of Holmes vividly intersect--. A masterpiece novel by the acclaimed author Erika Kobayashi, depicting the miracle of words that continue to live on beyond countless losses.