[DeepL Translation - needs review] This masterpiece is the first full-length work by the author, who first gained attention with his first novel "Strange Work.
At the end of World War II, a group of boys from a reformatory are evacuated to a mountain village, where they are confined to the only transportation route across the valley, which is cut off due to an epidemic of disease. Under these forced confinement conditions, the marginalized people patiently attempt to build a "kingdom of fre...
大江の作品でよく見られるような性的な描写が結構あったのですが、読めなくはない程度です。 ストーリーとしては面白いけどやっぱり時間がかかります。日本人ならすらすら読めるだろうし長くはないけど自分だと６時間ぐらいかかっちゃいました。 最後の章と終わりは結構気に入っています。考えさせる本でしたね