The Sound of the Mountain Anchor an aspiring writer named Tengo

an aspiring writer named Tengo takes on a suspicious ghostwriting project

and racial and religious harmony

He casts his spells on grown-ups too' James Naughtie'Full of surprises and jokes

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The Sound of the Mountain Anchor an aspiring writer named TengoOgata Shingo is growing old, and his memory is failing him. At night he hears only the sound of death in the distant rumble from the mountain. The relationships which have previously defined his life with his son, his wife, and his attractive daughter in law are dissolving, and Shingo is caught between love and destruction. Lyrical and precise, The Sound of the Mountain explores in immaculately crafted prose the changing roles of love and the truth we