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第100回（1988年）芥川龍之介賞　高原の病院に様々な過去を背負った男たちの生と死が交錯してゆく。逝く者と残る者、心と心で交わす思いのたけのキャッチボール。

"The Diamond Maker" is a short story by H. G. Wells, first published in 1894 in the Pall Mall Budget. It was included in The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents, the first collection of short stories by Wells, published in 1895. In the story, a businessman hears an account from a man who has devoted years attempting to make artificial diamonds, only to end as a desperate outcast.

白球に全霊をそそいで走るひろいひろいダイヤモンドの輝きーー　ふるぼけたファーストミットに、“ホーム”プレートに、重なる思い。野球を通して語られる人生へのオマージュ。