Description
In the shadow of Tokyo’s ever-shifting skyline, a quiet, community-minded project called the Sympathy Tower becomes a focal point for strangers who arrive with private griefs and unanswered questions. As lives intersect around the tower’s promise of connection, the story follows how small acts of care can reshape relationships, challenge assumptions, and offer unexpected paths toward healing. Blending intimate character work with a distinctly urban sense of place, the novel explores themes of empathy, loneliness, collective responsibility, and the ways cities hold—and transform—human emotion. With Rie Qudan’s sharp, compassionate storytelling, this is a moving, contemporary tale about what we owe one another when no one is watching.
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paperback
Simon & Schuster, Incorporated
Published Jan 1, 2025
224 pages
ISBN: 9781668094143
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First Published
2025
Language
eng
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