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| Original Title | 青べか日記 |
|---|---|
| Author | 山本 周五郎 |
| Genre | Modern Short Fiction |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | In the quiet, ever-changing landscape of 1928 Urayasu, a young writer known only as Sanjūroku meticulously pours his soul onto the pages of his diary. He is a man brimming with literary ambition, yet perpetually haunted by past loves, professional setbacks, and the gnawing specter of poverty. As rejections from publishers mount, his job vanishes, and a fragile engagement begins to unravel, Sanjūroku finds himself cast into an abyss of destitution. Stripped of his few possessions and seemingly forsaken by all, he battles against illness, relentless hunger, and profound loneliness. His only constant is a fierce, almost desperate self-admonition: "Pull yourself together, Sanjūroku—you’re a chosen man!" This raw, intimate chronicle captures a writer’s defiant struggle for survival and artistic integrity in a world determined to break him. Will his unyielding spirit, forged in the crucible of hardship, finally lead him to a triumphant rebirth? |
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