Aki Shimazaki's "Ajisai": Shôta's New Life, First Episode
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The title of the novel refers to a natural element, in this case the hydrangea, which embodies sensuality. (Illustration photo) Yumiko Kinoshita / plainpicture
A Japanese woman writing in French, Aki Shimazaki begins a new pentalogy with this delicate novel about a young man who dreams of being a writer.
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I subscribeA peaceful literature student in Tokyo, Shôta relishes the financial comfort of his parents, who own a department store. He is not forced, like his friend Ben, to accumulate arubaïto , jobs to pay his tuition and support himself. Shôta even has time to write for magazines and to start writing his first novel, entitled Madame Ajisaï . To do this, he fled the frenzy of the capital to settle on its outskirts in Kamakura, an ancient city dotted with tall trees and old Buddhist temples, also known for its beach. Summoned by his brother to their parents' house, Shôta learns that their store has gone bankrupt.
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