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Chronicle of a Wolf-Sick PersonAuthor: Nakajima Atsushi
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| Original Title | 狼疾記 |
|---|---|
| Author | 中島 敦 |
| Genre | Modern Short Fiction |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | Sanzō, a reclusive natural history lecturer, inhabits a world where every mundane detail—a documentary of South Seas natives, a man's grotesque tumor, the absurd sincerity of a dim-witted colleague—serves only to amplify a profound, lifelong "uncertainty of existence." Haunted since childhood by the specter of cosmic meaninglessness and his own perceived mediocrity, Sanzō is plunged into a relentless internal battle against existential dread and searing self-contempt. Trapped in a cycle of "metaphysical gluttony," he despises his own intellectual pretentiousness yet cannot escape the conviction that all human endeavors hold only "limited meaning." As his soul's peace hangs in the balance, can Sanzō forge a genuine connection to life, or is he destined to be consumed by the very questions that define him? |
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