The sound of a trumpet across a Japanese mountain valley leads a
young man to befriend a mysterious stranger. During repeated visits
to the cave where the stranger has set up home, the young man
learns about his past - in the mines, villages and ports of the
region. The stranger's hilarious, bawdy and touching narratives
captivate the young man, but he begins to doubt their veracity.
Finally, as the young man decides his own fate, the full truth
about the stranger is revealed.
'Tales from a Mountain Cave' is a translation of Hisashi Inoue's
highly popular 'Shinshaku Tono Monogatari' (新釈遠野物語), set in the
Kamaishi area of Iwate Prefecture, Northeast Japan. Kamaishi was
devastated by the tsunami of March 2011, and royalties on sales of
this book will be donated to post-tsunami community support
projects.
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