① "Ninety Years Old. What's There to Celebrate?" Aiko Sato Price: ¥1200 + tax --Tetsuko Kuroyanagi and Manami Fuji raved about it on "Tetsuko's Room." It has also been introduced in newspapers, magazines, and TV programs, becoming a hot topic. Regarding the title of this book, "Ninety Years Old. What's There to Celebrate?", Aiko Sato says, "It's filled with a sense of desperation." This is an edited and revised version of the popular essay series that ran in "Josei Seven" for a year until May 2016. Born in 1923, the now 93-year-old Sato completed "Bankin" in 2014 as the culmination of her long writing career. In an interview at the time, she said: "I've written everything I needed to write, and I'm empty now. As a writer, my curtain has fallen." (From "Josei Seven," February 5, 2015 issue) The series "Ninety Years Old. What's There to Celebrate?", which began after she had once lowered the curtain, features the unrestrained "rambunctious Sato" style. She laments the "malfunctions" that occur one after another in her own body, rages at the "progress" of the times, and, while scolding young people who are troubled, also warmly encourages them. Because Sato has lived through hardships due to her tendency to rush into disasters, her writing, which skillfully blends humor and seriousness, is filled with "golden words" for living life vigorously, leaving a deep aftertaste after a good laugh. Please enjoy this masterpiece of Japanese essays. //////////////////////////////////////// ② "The Trash Can of Memories" Aiko Sato Price: ¥1300 + tax Remembering the happiness of childhood at the final stop of life. From the author's birth to her elementary school days, she writes as she remembers, surrounded by a large family: her parents, her older sister, four half-brothers who occasionally appeared, a wet nurse, maids, servants, and lodgers, in Nishihata, Hyogo, near Koshien. Filled with hidden episodes that were not touched upon in the author's autobiographical works such as "Bloodline." From the perspective of the young "Ai-chan," she vividly portrays the life and human relationships of "the happiest time of her life." //////////////////////////////////////// ⚠︎ There are some stains on the cover. Please understand.