Small Corners in a Big City

Each Story In This Collection Unveils A Struggle With Everyday Problems In The Big City. A Bankrupt Entrepreneur Flees In The Middle Of The Night Considers Suicide And Then Has A Chance Encounter With Someone Who Provides A Ray Of Hope. Members Of A High-School Judo Club Are Tortured By The Uncompromising Regimen Of The New Coach But A Turn Of Events Reveals The Man'S True Character And Qualities. A Foreign Student Successful As A Long-Distance Runner Returns Home And Witnesses A Phenomenal Change That Had Taken Place During His Absence. A Quiet Young Woman Is Dumped By Her Selfish Fiancé-And Ridiculed By Her Colleagues-So She Takes Revenge In A Unique But Clever Way. A Young Employee At A Prestigious Business Firm Badmouths A Homeless Man Living By The River But Is Then Forced To Confront His Own Biases. The Problems And Issues In These Accounts Give A Multifaceted View Of Various Sections And Strata Of The Tokyo Metropolitan City.