[DeepL Translation - needs review] Set in a small city in Kishu, the author's hometown, this Akutagawa Prize-winning work received overwhelming acclaim for its vivid depiction of a young man's unquenchable thirst, love and hate, and search for life, all trapped in the bonds of blood that are hard to escape. The novel was widely acclaimed as a monumental work that established the author's unique melody of sorrowful themes for the first time in literature. It is the first chapter of a trilogy ...
