This is a wonderful essay that will definitely make you want to eat some fried shrimp. I read it once and kept it. The fried shrimp, when put in the mouth, made a "shao" sound. This is a collection of original short stories, including "Bon Gift," in which the father who went to Tokyo to work brings back fried shrimp, as well as masterpieces familiar from junior high and high school Japanese textbooks, such as "Golden Morning," "Spring from the Train Window," and "Tonkatsu." Includes the Kawabata Yasunari Literary Award-winning work "Jinenjo." Includes three essays written by the author about his own works. <End-of-book essay> Akira Abe