After suzuran, Semi And No-no yu-ri, narrated respectively by the eldest Anzu, the father Tetsuo and the youngest Kyôko, Aki Shimazaki devotes this fourth part to the youngest Nobuki Niré (“the elm, faithful tree” in Japanese). There he discovers the secrets of his mother, Fujiko, by reading the diary she wrote after learning that she suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. “Maybe my mom is right. After all, I don’t know much about her. As delicate in its observation of human relationships and as minimalist in its expression of emotions as the previous volumes, Nire is, however, narrated by a character who describes his daily life as the diligent student he has always been. Fortunately, the story takes a completely different turn when the Japanese author based in Montreal gives the floor to Fujiko, powerfully exposing the capricious meanderings of a fading memory, the will of a woman who no longer wants to be silent. , the urgency to reveal the truth before it is too late.
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