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| Original Title | 三等郵便局 |
|---|---|
| Author | 尾崎 士郎 |
| Genre | War & Social Literature |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | In a haze of grief and fragmented memories, a man unravels his family’s shadowed past, haunted by the enigmatic death of his brother—a death entwined with guilt, secrecy, and a crime left unspoken. Through layers of time, he recalls a decaying household: a morphine-addicted father spiraling into delusion, an uncle consumed by madness who whispers to clocks, and a brother whose rigid facade conceals mounting desperation. The post office they once managed becomes a stage for silent tragedies—vanishing funds, hushed confrontations, and a pistol shot echoing through midnight stillness. Years later, as the narrator confronts his brother’s suicide and the embezzlement scandal that follows, he grapples with inherited shame and the weight of unsaid truths. Yet amid ruin, flickers of resilience emerge—a child born into uncertainty, a mother’s quiet endurance—hinting at fragile hope. This is a tale of fractured legacies, where love and betrayal blur, and the ghosts of choices past linger in every whispered memory. |
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