Primer Amor E Infidelidad - by Yuji Sakamoto (Paperback)

About the Book

If you could speak one last time to someone you have lost forever, what would you say?... Before Kotoko, steam rises from the bowls of rice and miso soup set upon the table. She has taken the train from Tokyo to reach the Chibineko restaurant, situated by the sea in Chiba Prefecture. Still reeling from the sudden death of her brother, the young woman has heard that the food served there can work a small miracle: reuniting you, one last time, with a loved one you have lost. Not daring to believe it could be true, she sits down before the kagezen -- the meal honoring the deceased -- and tastes it. In that instant, the clock stands still, the seagulls cease their cries, and the air grows thick... But Kotoko is not the only one who has come to the restaurant: there, she crosses paths with a young elementary school student, an elderly farmer, and the restaurant's young chef -- each of them grieving and in search of answers.