When the Final Candle’s Flickered Out
The Sheltering Rain
By Ryō Hanmura (Translated by Jim Hubbert)
The Sheltering Rain is a collection by Ryō Hanmura. This edition was translated by Jim Hubbert.
The Shinjuku district is no longer a seedy hive of open criminality, but it’s still not quite respectable. Its bars are home to people who don’t fit in elsewhere.