Poplar Publishing Hundred-Year Library 15 "Garden" ★★Three stories revolving around a garden like a microcosm.★★ Haruo Umezaki: "The View from the Garden" John Steinbeck: "The White Quail" Translated by Yoshio Ito Kanoko Okamoto: "Goldfish Rhapsody" Cover Illustration: Sumako Yasui, Book Design & Title: Shuichi Ogata Published: October 12, 2010, First Printing January 9, 2011, Second Printing Publisher: Poplar Publishing Co., Ltd. Price: 750 yen (excluding tax), 825 yen (including tax) ★A small garden It is a stage for life and existence★ (From the obi) "This is me when everything was beautiful. This is my center, my heart." ...From Steinbeck's "The White Quail" ■ "My" neglected garden, where chickens and dogs roam freely, and sometimes even horses pass through. "The View from the Garden" (Haruo Umezaki) humorously depicts the ecology of the "neighbors" who appear in the garden. ■ The love and suffering of a husband who cannot understand his wife's heart, who is absorbed in gardening (Steinbeck's "The White Quail"). ■ "You, the son of a goldfish shop owner, really don't know the value of goldfish." The love and dreams of a young man who is spurred on by his childhood friend, who has grown beautifully, and struggles to create gorgeous goldfish (Kanoko Okamoto's "Goldfish Rhapsody"). ◆Contents of the book... There is a small stain on page 23 (Photo 15), otherwise it is unread and clean. (Photo 16) ◆Cover... There is some soiling, but it is clean. (Photos 10, 11, 12) ◆Edges... There is some soiling, but it is clean. (Photos 7, 8, 9) ◆Dust jacket... There is some soiling. ◎ There is soiling on the spine, front cover, and back cover. (Photo 13) There is also soiling on the back side, on the spine and back cover. (Photo 14) ◆Obi... There is some soiling. ◎ There is soiling on the spine and folded parts. (Photo 13) There is also soiling on the back side, on the spine and folded parts. (Photo 14) ◎ Please check with the photos. ◎ ◎This is a used item stored at home, so there may be some scratches, stains, and spots. Please confirm with the photos and only proceed with the transaction if you understand that it is a used item. ◎There is a smoker in the family. Please refrain from purchasing if you are sensitive to the smell of tobacco. Thank you. ◎Thank you.◎