Spring GardenBy: Tomoka Shibasaki Series: Japanese Novellas Winner of the Akutagawa Prize A sharp, photo realistic novella of memory and thwarted hope set in modern day Tokyoan unflinching . . . powerful showcase of the best in contemporary Japanese literature (Shelf Awareness) Divorced and cut off from his family, Taro lives alone in one of the few occupied apartments in his block, a block that is to be torn down as soon as the remaining tenants leave. Since the