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A Small RoomAuthor: Sakaguchi Ango
| Original Title | 小さな部屋 |
|---|---|
| Author | 坂口 安吾 |
| Genre | Popular Fiction |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | In a world of suffocating melancholy and tangled desires, a group of disillusioned souls orbit each other in a dance of self-destruction. At the center is Chikawa—a bloated, brooding dilettante drowning in existential grief—whose toxic charisma binds him to a reckless poetess, Mayu, and two friends teetering between loyalty and loathing. Their relationships fester in mountain hot springs and shadowed rooms, where Mayu’s careless sensuality clashes with the men’s unraveling minds. Izu, gaunt and consumed by hatred, plots murderous fantasies; Ogasawara, detached and enigmatic, manipulates their fraying bonds with icy precision. As egos fracture and secrets curdle, their fragile alliances crumble beneath unspoken resentments and futile yearnings for meaning. Amidst drunken rambles and venomous confessions, each grasps at connection only to find themselves sinking deeper into isolation—until one act of desperation sends shockwaves through their decaying world. A haunting portrait of human fragility, where love and destruction intertwine like poison ivy. |
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