De pronto oigo la voz del agua

A brother and sister return to their childhood home, to the place of happiness, desires and forbidden secrets about to be revealed. The luminous memories are mixed with those that burst in, destroying everything: the delicate touch of linen is mixed with the tumult that flees from the attack with sarin gas; the painful silences of the family with the sound of mountain insects. With the almost artisanal mastery that characterizes her, Hiromi Kawakami rebuilds a fragile and sensual world in which sparkles and shadows embrace in a unique way. Written after the tragedy of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan in 2011, this novel embodies, with all its contradictions, the desire to live after the catastrophe.