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| Original Title | 測量船 |
|---|---|
| Author | 三好 達治 |
| Genre | Popular Fiction |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | A haunting tapestry of fleeting moments unfolds through shifting seasons and introspective wanderings. A mother’s sorrow lingers in twilight as she pushes a carriage toward sunsets stained with tears; a boy’s unanswered cry for his absent mother echoes across windswept plains. Villages cradle quiet tragedies—a deer’s lifeless form beneath mist, a lake’s hidden corpse haunting nocturnal oarsmen. Travelers traverse desolate mountain passes, their hearts heavy with unspoken yearnings, while towns wrapped in crumbling walls whisper forgotten histories of isolation and resilience. Gardens blur reality and memory: a frozen crow bleeds silently, a parrot’s cryptic refrain hints at buried guilt, and ripples from an air rifle pierce ponds where irises sway like ghosts. Nature’s beauty intertwines with melancholy—hydrangea petals drift like lost promises, autumn leaves mirror ephemeral thoughts on bridges named for sorrow. Lyrical and dreamlike, these vignettes beckon readers into a world where every shadow holds a story, and the boundaries between longing and loss dissolve like mist over distant hills. Will you follow the echoes? |
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