Strangers (Yamada novel)

The novel has also been translated into German as Sommer mit Fremden, French as Présences d'un été, and Swedish as Främlingar (2009).

[1] The English translation was one of sixteen works long-listed for the 2006 Foreign Fiction prize awarded by The Independent.

He has moved to an apartment in a business building in a desolate area near the Tokyo ringway; he's recently divorced and his teenage son wants nothing to do with him.

One day Harada visits Asakusa, his childhood home town until he lost his parents in an accident.

His continued haggard condition is brought even more plainly to his attention by his friend, who has been romantically engaged with Harada’s ex wife.