Thank you for viewing. [Excellent Condition] Until That Day Setouchi Jakucho Published by Kodansha Published on 2022/1/13 Price: 1300 yen + tax 186 pages total Size: 14 x 2 x 19.5 cm Overview (from the web): At 99 years old, her final long essay. She loved passionately, burned with life, and lived solely for her pen. The final chapter of a writer's life spanning over 70 years. "In the end, people are sent into this world to love and to be loved. I have lived in this world fully, even more than fully." Memories of Yukio Mishima, Kenichi Hagiwara, Michiko Ishimure, and others she met in her life, the men she loved, and her family. The author, who was an active writer until the age of 99, faced her own aging and wrote, looking towards "that day," her final autobiographical long essay. - From this book - I wonder in what form I will meet "that day." How long, and yet how short, has been the time of ninety-nine years. Having lived nearly a hundred years, the most important thing was simply to witness the end of my own life. Wars, repatriations, and the hardships of the past, I have experienced them all, but such hardships, after living ninety-nine years, do not seem so significant. The joy of living may not be the assets left behind or the honors received, but only the faint memories of love that I have felt deep within my heart. In the end, I believe that people are sent into this world to love and to be loved. I have lived in this world fully, even more than fully. ⭐︎ This item is unread after being purchased new at a bookstore. It has been stored at home. There is no smoking or pets in the environment. #book #SetouchiJakucho