New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1996.) dj. Hardcover - Originally published in 1982, this is the author's first novel to be translated into English, a haunting story set in medieval Japan, in a remote coastal village where the father of 9 year old Isaku has sold himself into indentured servitude to save his family from starvation. Translated from the Japanese by Mark Ealey. 180 pp. ISBN: 0-15-1002118.