The Place by the Sea – Masatsugu Ono

In this short story by Japanese author Masatsugu Ono, translated
and narrated by Sam Malissa, a woman and her young son move to an
abandoned seaside village along Japan’s eastern coast, where
they’re met by the well-meaning attention of its curious last
inhabitants and their wise old dog. As a typhoon rises from the
sea, reality, memory, and illusion begin to collapse into one
another—and the pair find themselves increasingly inseparable from
the mysterious landscape. Read this essay on our website.
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