When Robert Smithson travels to Japan to attend the funeral of his former music teacher and world renowned composer Henrik Weisel, he hates every second. Having to pretend to socialise with a high society he is know longer a part of drains him mentally. Not understanding either the reason for his...

1968. Translator Reginald Waters seeks permission to translate the latest work of the rising star of the Japanese literary scene, Seiji Okada. Always known as an eccentric, Seiji is an unknown to Reginald outside of his debut novel and a brief exchange of letters, but on arrival in Japan, what he...