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| Original Title | 源おじ |
|---|---|
| Author | 国木田 独歩 |
| Genre | Popular Fiction |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | In a windswept Japanese port, Genshuku, a taciturn ferryman, endures a life shadowed by profound loss. His days are a quiet rhythm of oar strokes and solitude, a world he’s built around the lingering ghosts of his beloved wife and son. But one frigid winter day, a chance encounter with Kishū, a vacant-eyed young beggar, shatters his carefully constructed isolation. Genshuku, driven by an unspoken yearning for connection, takes the boy into his desolate home, hoping to mend not just Kishū’s broken spirit, but his own fractured heart. He embarks on a desperate quest to awaken dormant emotion, to foster a bond that might finally bring warmth back to his frozen soul. Yet, can a man haunted by deep sorrow truly resurrect a spiritless child, or will this last, desperate act only deepen his already profound despair. |
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