【第32回坪田譲治文学賞受賞作】「スシ！　スシ！　スシ！」いじめっ子エイダンがまた絡んでくる――。親の仕事の都合でオーストラリアに移った少年・真人。言葉や文化の壁に衝突しては、悔しい思いをする毎日だ。それでも少しずつ自分の居場所を見出し、ある日、感じる。「ぼくは、ここにいてもいいんだ」と。ところがそれは、母親との断絶の始まりだった……。異国での少年と家族の成長を描いた第32回坪田譲治文学賞受賞作。

“I wrote this book in the hope that readers will be able to save their own lives as well as those of the ones they love when an earthquake next strikes, so that the tragedy of March 11, 2011, would never be repeated.” ―Satoko Oki What our chatty planet teaches us Would you be surprised to hear that there are scientists who listen to the Earth? Yes, the Earth does talk in many different voices?the voice of the air, the voice of the sea, the voice of volcanoes, and the voice of the Earth. Seismologists listen to the voice of the Earth. We use high performance seismometers that do not miss the slightest muttering by the Earth that human ears cannot hear. That way, we can learn about what causes earthquakes and even what it is like inside the planet. Earthquakes occur because it is hot inside the planet?because the Earth is dynamic. We cannot escape earthquakes as long as we live on the Earth. But from listening to the planet, seismologists have discovered what causes earthquakes and how we can live with them to protect our lives.