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| Original Title | 春昼 |
|---|---|
| Author | 泉 鏡花 |
| Genre | Popular Fiction |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | On a serene spring day, a solitary wanderer seeks trivial amusements amidst blooming peach trees and tranquil fields. His idle curiosity is piqued by an old man’s tale of a mysterious two-story house and its enigmatic mistress, Omi, a woman whose beauty seems to ripple between dream and reality. As the wanderer becomes increasingly drawn to Omi, unsettling stories emerge—of a previous guest who succumbed to a fatal lovesickness, and a cryptic poem hinting at a desperate yearning. The lines between observation and delusion begin to blur as he witnesses strange, ethereal "performances" and finds himself entangled in a web of forbidden desire and ancient secrets. With every step deeper into this captivating landscape, the air grows heavy with foreboding. He must decide if he can unravel the truth behind Omi’s allure and the village's dark currents, or if he, too, will become another soul lost to the intoxicating spell of Spring Daylight. |
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