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Sunflower
Dec 25, 2009 rated it really liked it
I usually avoid short stories. This is because of a completely unreasonable dislike of the genre, but this book is exquisite. The reader is transported to post-war Japan and placed gently down into these lives, into an atmosphere of peace and reverence, but sometimes overwhelming sadness. And the smell of burning leaves....
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