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| Original Title | 親子 |
|---|---|
| Author | 有島 武郎 |
| Genre | Modern Short Fiction |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | A young man, burdened by an idealism he struggles to embody, journeys with his aging father to a remote Hokkaido farm. What begins as an uneasy homecoming quickly devolves into a searing confrontation of principles. His father, a shrewd former bureaucrat, is determined to secure the farm's future through ruthless business dealings, seeing the world as an inescapable web of 'lies' where only the cunning survive. As the son witnesses his father's relentless negotiations and callous disregard for the impoverished tenant farmers, he is forced to confront the harsh realities of profit and power. The pristine autumn landscape becomes a stark backdrop to a deeply personal war of wills, threatening to expose the unbridgeable chasm between father and son. Can one man's unwavering belief in truth survive a world built on necessary deceptions, or will this painful reckoning shatter their fragile bond forever? |
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