Reconciliation (Canons)

Reconciliation , published here for the first time in the English language, is an understated masterpiece of the Japanese 'I novel' tradition (a confessional literary form). Naoya Shiga's novella is a quietly devastating reflection on all kinds of reconciliation: from his own familial reunion, to the universal need to reconcile ourselves to the inevitability of ageing, loss and death. An autobiographical novella recounting the move towards reconciliation between a father and son; translated for the first time in English An autobiographical novella recounting the move towards reconciliation between a father and son; translated by Ted Goossen