Work

Twenty years into his writing career, Keiichiro Hirano reflects on what he has contemplated while creating The Transparent Labyrinth, At the End of the Matinee, and A Man.

From literature, philosophy, art, music, and entertainment to pressing social issues, this long-awaited new collection brings together sixty-seven essays and critical writings that span an extraordinary range of themes.

“Today, we are compelled to confront the vastness of the world. True, each of us may be no more than a single reed.
Yet we are not solitary reeds—we are part of a resilient cluster that has continued to grow throughout time and across cultures.
It is the web of our interconnected thoughts that envelops the universe.”
—From the Afterword