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| Original Title | 山羊の歌 |
|---|---|
| Author | 中原 中也 |
| Genre | Popular Fiction |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | A collection of hauntingly lyrical vignettes unfolds through fragmented scenes of rural tranquility and urban desolation. Moonlit fields hum with unanswered questions, while a circus tent’s creaking swing sways above an audience of hollow-eyed spectators. Seasons shift like restless ghosts: spring nights cradle wilted peach blossoms, summer days choke on tar and sunflowers, autumn port towns hum with quiet madness. Figures drift through these landscapes—a woman’s fading breath by a window, a boy crushing hope beneath his feet in sun-scorched fields, sailors and peasants murmuring half-forgotten songs. The moon itself becomes a spectral smoker, trailing silver sorrow over canals and tanks. Each poem pulses with visceral imagery—phosphorescent earlobes, mildewed pianos, angels playing basketball—stitching together a tapestry of existential longing. Here, beauty bleeds into decay, memories crumble like mandarin peels, and the wind carries both whispers of ancestors and the weight of unspoken regrets. A world where every shadow holds a story, inviting readers to wander its twilight realms between dream and dissolution. |
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