Excerpt from One Hour of Fervor by Muriel Barbery, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

Friendship: the second narrative thread in Haru's life.

And now death stood before him in the guise of a garden, and all the rest, with the exception of those two instants a half-century apart, had become invisible. A cloud touched the summit of Daimon-ji and left the scent of iris in its wake. Haru thought, All that remains are these two moments, and Rose.

Rose, the third thread.

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