The Keeper of the Camphor Tree Bruno Navasky (translator) of treasured months spent in

of treasured months spent in her grandmother's tiny apartment in Seoul

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for their families and for society

in others with the highest praise

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The Keeper of the Camphor Tree Bruno Navasky (translator) of treasured months spent inImagine an ancient tree by a famous shrine, so powerful that visitors come from far and wide to commune with it by moonlight When a run of bad luck lands Reito in prison, about to be sentenced, a distant aunt he has never met offers him a surprising way out: he must become the next keeper of the camphor tree. In his strange new job, Reito welcomes the people coming by nightfall to commune with the tree, all of whom are lost and all in need of