My Falling Down House

A fascinating insight into post-financial crisis, post-tsunami Japan. After losing his job and his home, a young Japanese man seeks refuge in a wood and paper house. He attempts to reconstruct his identity, but with only a cat and a cello for company, and the menacing presence of a shapeshifter (yokai), his ability to hold on to his sanity disintegrates. My Falling Down House has already won the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation Award - given to a work of fiction or non-fiction which helps interpret modern Japan to the English-speaking world.