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| Original Title | 国境 |
|---|---|
| Author | 黒島 伝治 |
| Genre | War & Social Literature |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | Along the treacherous Amur River, young Tagawa, a Japanese smuggler for a dubious trading company, navigates the deadly ice between capitalist Heihe and the nascent socialist Blagoveshchensk. His existence is a dangerous dance of evasion, constantly pursued by vigilant Soviet border guards. Yet, beneath the frost-bitten surface, Tagawa harbors a secret longing for the worker's paradise he glimpses across the water—a stark contrast to his own criminal life. When a border guard's bullet finds its mark, his fragile reality shatters, forcing him to confront the true cost of his illicit trade. As powerful capitalist forces conspire to undermine the new socialist state with luxury goods and black market rubles, Tagawa finds himself ensnared between two opposing worlds, his conscience awakened. He faces a choice that could shatter his world or grant him an impossible freedom. |
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