Published on the 100th anniversary of the author's death, 9 December 2016
"Love is a crime!" What secret torments the elderly, highly educated man who gives voice to such declarations? His companion, an unsuspecting young student, finds himself drawn to the enigmatic "Sensei" and visits him regularly in Tokyo. Yet despite the older man's evident goodwill, he keeps his distance. Does Sensei's young wife — a quietly beautiful woman — have something to do with his inexplicable mistrust? Only in an...
