I have bought this book without thinking twice. For the first time I managed to read an essay in Japanese, from A to Z and to understand perfectly well what it says without checking words in the dictionary 100 times.
The texts are not necessarily easy, yet they are made easy to read and understand. With introductions of the authors, tailor made explanations of expressions and context, plus the CD with the audio versions of the stories, this book has been brilliant for me.