[Machine Translation] This is a collection of short stories by eight popular authors from among the works translated and read in 17 languages on NHK WORLD -JAPAN radio programs heard around the world. A moment that touches on the origins of an ungainly boss. A mother's gift to her daughter who lives alone. A diary written by a wife who has lost her husband. A masterpiece of short stories that people in other countries have listened to, an anthology of original paperbacks.