[DeepL Translation - needs review] Suguro is a skilled, but unsociable and eccentric middle-aged town doctor. He has an abominable past from his days at the university hospital. During World War II, Japanese people committed horrific acts of inhumanity. This is an immortal masterpiece that fundamentally questions the guilt of those who committed such atrocities.
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(Translator: DeepL)
Considered one of the masterpieces of Japanese modern literature, this book explores the gradient of evil that permitted atrocities to occur during the Second World War. Endo Shusaku illustrates the struggle with conscience and duty in breathtakingly gruesome detail.
There are many unfamiliar medical terms in this book, some of which appear to no longer be used in modern medicine. In addition, the author replaces some furigana readings for the German meaning in katakana. There is also use of Ka