Keisuke Sako, the young owner of a used bookstore, unravels mysterious love, intertwined human relationships, and the "circumstances" hidden within the used books. This is an unusual coming-of-age novel that vividly portrays the pain of youth overlapping with books and the path of a young man's maturation. Kunimochi Noro passed away suddenly in May 1980 at the age of 42. It was the premature death of a master of the novel. "Not just as a fellow writer, or someone who writes novels, but as a young man from thirty years ago who lived long enough to see his eyes and teeth decay in reality, I still read this author's novels, and I cannot regret his death enough." (Masago Sato, "Commentary") This is a recycled book. The cover is laminated. Please understand that this is a recycled book before purchasing. We have not perfectly checked each page in comparison to the table of contents, so please consider that there is a possibility of overlooking cutouts, tears, writing (including highlighting, signatures, and names), etc.