<em>A Day in the Life</em> contains twelve portraits of the vivid and curious realities experienced by a man in his sixties. These stories focus on the tiny paradoxes and everyday ridiculousness we each witness and of which we often take no note. Ranging from a visit to an exhibition of blurry photographs each taken with an exposure time of only a single second, to the story of a man stalked through the streets by a stranger for no greater a crime than making eye contact, <em>A Day in the Life</em> demonstrates why Senji Kuroi is considered one of the leading figures of contemporary Japanese literature.