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| Original Title | 田園の憂欝 |
|---|---|
| Author | 佐藤 春夫 |
| Genre | Popular Fiction |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | Melancholy in the Countryside follows a hypersensitive writer, crushed by the suffocating city, who retreats to a remote village seeking peace and creative renewal. He longs for the gentle embrace of nature, hoping its quiet rhythm will soothe his frayed nerves. But the idyllic countryside quickly mirrors his inner turmoil, as strange coincidences and vivid hallucinations begin to blur the lines of reality. A blighted rose, a vanishing silhouette, and the chilling refrain "O rose, thou art sick!" herald a descent into paranoia. His once-cherished refuge transforms into a psychological prison, where the distinction between truth and delusion becomes terrifyingly elusive. Can he escape the darkness within before it consumes him entirely? |
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