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| Original Title | 都会と田園 |
|---|---|
| Author | 野口 雨情 |
| Genre | Popular Fiction |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | Amidst the song of a lark and autumn drizzle, lives unfold between bustling cities and weathered villages. A bank clerk’s chance encounter with a slender stranger leaves hearts racing at a sunlit street corner, while in the countryside, a father battles crows devouring his persimmon harvest with fluttering scarecrow feathers. A duckling’s failed attempt to fly mirrors the quiet despair of lovers huddled over a brazier, dreaming of warmth as winter looms. In shadowed alleys, laborers sink into an abyss of exhaustion, their voices drowned by gasoline fumes, while a factory girl’s trembling plea to a departing lover lingers under a crimson dusk. Children chase loyal dogs through parks, farmers wrestle invasive datura flowers, and displaced sparrows haunt rocky shores—each moment pulses with fleeting hope and unspoken sorrow. Through fragmented vignettes of urban anonymity and rural resilience, this tapestry of intertwined lives whispers of longing, loss, and the fragile beauty of existence clinging to the edge of change. |
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