Natsuo Sekikawa Collection, all 13 volumes The original author of Jiro Taniguchi's "Jiken-ya Kagyō" and "Botchan no Jidai," among others. He defined hard-boiled as a combination of improvisation and stoicism. Short stories and essays. Probably almost out of print. I don't think there will be another opportunity to acquire this many at once. Seoul Practice Problems Laughing Like Water The Boring Labyrinth: What Was "North Korea"? Rain Falling in the Forest The Life of a "Just a Person" Recollections of the Showa Era Home Run Across the Strait First Puff at Kamome Hotel Tokyo Everyday Life I Want to Swim in the Seven Seas "The Detective" Doesn't Need a Name What is a Good Hospital? August in the Water