Suzue Toshiro's "Fireflies" English Translation by David Goodman. A love story of the post-industrial age ("Post-industrial" is a synonym for contemporary. The industrial age was the age of machines. The post-industrial is the age of technology as in contemporary Japan. The concerns are pretty much existential or the self.). Three interconnected couples are trapped in emotional alienation. "There must be a hole in our hearts. And in mine, and in the hearts of everyone in the world."