A child's thoughts, a parent's sorrow. A parent's thoughts, a child's misfortune. A parent's heart, a child does not know; a child's heart, a parent does not know──. Five renowned masters of human drama depict the affections between parents and children. A collection of five masterpieces of heartwarming historical fiction, guaranteed to move you to tears. ---------- "Oyafuko Nagaya: A Collection of Masterpieces of Human Drama Historical Novels" Shotaro Ikenami / Yumie Hiraiwa / Seicho Matsumoto / Shugoro Yamamoto / Miyuki Miyabe / Kazuo Nawata Price: ¥400 Shincho Bunko 20220414 The misunderstandings between a stepmother who came from a pleasure district and her stepchild ("Okkaa, Sumanee"). The future of an unmarried eldest daughter who receives cold treatment from her younger siblings ("Jamakke"). The troubles that befall a seventeen-year-old daughter serving at a restaurant and her troubled old father ("Hidari no Ude"). Sadajiro, a fishmonger with a former geisha wife, is actually the second son of a large store ("Tsurishinobu"). A tatami craftsman with an eight-year-old daughter with a weak constitution struggles to earn money for expensive medicine... ("Kannazuki"). A selection of five masterpieces of heartwarming historical fiction, guaranteed to move you to tears. ---------- Please see the following tags for books in the same genre (based on Amazon classification) #Akissy's Shincho Bunko #Akissy's Literature/Criticism #Oyafuko Nagaya #Seicho Matsumoto #Seicho_Matsumoto #Shotaro Ikenami #Shotaro_Ikenami #Yumie Hiraiwa #Yumie_Hiraiwa #Shugoro Yamamoto #Shugoro_Yamamoto #Miyuki Miyabe #Miyuki_Miyabe #Kazuo Nawata #Kazuo_Nawata #Books #Japanese Literature/Novels & Stories