by Hiro Arikawa · Gentosha · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9784344419681
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«Shokubutsu zukan» is the romance novel by Hiro Arikawa, published by Gentosha in paperback (425 pages, in Japanese).
A young woman finds a stranger in front of her house who asks her to take him in, and she agrees. Their new cohabitation proves peculiar: the man is an expert cook and passionate about wild plants. On weekends they go out to look for them around the neighborhood, and these walks with recipes and botanical discoveries gradually bring them closer.
Originally published in 2009, this paperback edition appeared in 2013. The novel was nominated for the Japanese booksellers' award Honya Taisho in 2010.
For readers of contemporary Japanese romance novels, with a mix of slice-of-life, nature and gastronomy.
