The Ice Wanderer and Other Stories

An anthology of six short stories: 1. **The Ice Wanderer** Set in the Klondike region in 1897, and recounts the American author Jack London’s fortuitous encounter with an enigmatic old man. 2. **White Wilderness** Also related to Jack London - it's an adaptation of the early part of his novel White Fang, in which two men and their team of dogs are relentlessly pursued by a pack of wolves. 3. **Our Mountains** Set in 1920s Japan, the story follows an elderly hunter in his attempts to take vengeance on the enormous bear that killed his son. 4. **Kaiyose-Jima** A nostalgic tale in which a boy is sent to spend the summer with relatives on the coast after his mother is taken ill. 5. **Shôkarô** A mangaka looks back on the strange apartment building he lived...