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I believe that I will be able to see the light of life in the water... Shuichiro Takanashi, general manager of the building materials company, although his career is going smoothly, the premature death of his sister has always been a hole in his heart that cannot be filled. Takanashi, who has been divorced from his wife for many years and has been feeling depressed and lonely, accidentally meets the cheerful and straightforward Tsutsumi Hanae. The contact with Hanae became a bright spot in Takanashi's ordinary life. Because he was involved in a customer's false accounting scandal, Takanashi was looking for countermeasures in many ways, and at the same time he came up with the idea of ​​​​retreating to the second line. The ups and downs of the past with his former female boss gradually came to mind, and Takanashi began to think about the meaning of his life...

This book is a collection of novels written by Shiraishi Kazufumi. Shiraishi Kazufumi calls himself "the most memorable" work. He uses three stories to complete contemporary people's exploration of the meaning of life: "Glimmer on the Grass": I quit my job at a shady company and was unemployed for five years without looking for a job. So have I lived the life I wanted? "City of Sand": As an evergreen figure in the literary world, you have won numerous literary awards and achieved many achievements. Why do you feel disillusioned with life? "Bouquet": As a career star with unlimited fame, work always takes precedence over family. How to regain the pace of life? The world seems complicated, but in fact the only question each of us has to face is - who am I? How to spend your life? I do not live for the world and society, but the world and society exist for me. To what extent can we truly believe this simple fact?