The Jiro Taniguchi Collection - A Distant Neighborhood

Jiro Taniguchi Collection - A Distant Neighborhood (遥かな町へ) is the second volume of the Jiro Taniguchi Collection, featuring the masterpiece A Distant Neighborhood.

«遥かな町へ» (A Distant Neighborhood) is one of the most celebrated works of Jiro Taniguchi, a master honoured with numerous awards around the world, especially in Europe. A middle-aged man returns by chance to his hometown and suddenly wakes up in his own teenage body, with the chance to relive the past and understand his family anew. This second title in Shogakukan's grand «Jiro Taniguchi Collection» presents the work with the elegance and detail that mark the author.

Recommended level: Upper-intermediate to advanced (JLPT N2–N1). It has no furigana; a literary work of unhurried pace and careful language.

Original Japanese version, without furigana.