β Scribed by Sallis, Susan
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Viv's marriage to David was not a conventional one, but when he died οΏ½ in an accident for which she blamed herself οΏ½ it was as if her whole world had collapsed around her. She escaped by running, mainly around the nearby lake, which was once a popular place of recreation but was now desolate and derserted . It became both her refuge and her dread. But through the misery she made some unexpected friends οΏ½ a couple in the village whose family needed her as much as she needed them. And gradually, as a new life opened up, she could confront the terrible secrets which had haunted her and which could now be laid to restοΏ½
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Translation of: Simultan
**A quiet, poetic, and exquisitely gorgeous novel describing a wandering mythic figure in a Kyoto monastery, by the National Book Award winner** The grandson of Prince Genji lives outside of space and time and wanders the grounds of an old monastery in Kyoto. The monastery, too, is timeless: a plac