India, June 25 -- In a literary landscape overcrowded with tales from beyond the veil, Mizuki Tsujimura's Lost Souls Meet Under A Full Moon doesn't so much rise above the crowd as it quietly walks through it, offering one a space for contemplative silence. What it also does is compel a reader to feel the subtle ache of memory and regret, but more deeply it evokes the ethos of what it means to be 'left behind'. It's a book about ghosts, yes, but definitely more about those who survive them.

The story feels like a gentle, long walk across a countryside that one is unfamiliar with, yet feels a deep connection to. The droll prose is interspersed with Tsujimura's eye for detail, brought to life in English by the masterful translation of Yiki ...