Kazumasa Saeki, *Hiyoriyama: Kazumasa Saeki's Selected Short Stories* (Kodansha, Kodansha Bunko, 2014) 2015 Cover has minor scuffs, scratches, and soiling; cover is tanned (near spine) and has creasing at the top (see image 3); spine is tanned and has creasing at the top (see image 6) and minor creasing at the bottom; back cover has creasing at the top (see image 4) / Body has tanned edges and minor scratches (bottom / see images 9 and 10) and soiling (top / see image 5) b3 In the early morning town of newspaper delivery, in the Nordic land closed off by dark skies, in the house on a hill in Sendai where he began a new life with his wife, a textile artist, and on the small hill that survived the tsunami—the author's gaze, which does not disregard the "I's" sense of reality, has always continued to observe "human beings living." This collection includes nine stories selected by the author himself, from his practical first work from high school to short stories written after the Great East Japan Earthquake. (From the back cover)