The Moon on the Water by Yasunari Kawabata

This is one of the most amazing works anyone has ever read. Literary and haunting, this one stays with you long after it's over. Each story is a taste of darkness, deep and black, yet humorous at times as well. There are stories in here that are magic and must be read while listening to Lady Day or Coltrane. One of those is "Moon on the Water", a beautiful, stirring tale of heroin shooting jazzmen and the woman who comes into their lives and changes it forever. The ending of this story is ...