Vol. 3June 2026
Cover of 露の答 ぬばたまのなにかと人の問ひしとき露とこたへて消なましものを
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The Dewdrop's Answer

露の答 ぬばたまのなにかと人の問ひしとき露とこたへて消なましものを

坂口安吾 · Japanese

A picaresque chronicle of the Meiji-Taisho politician Kamo Goroebei, whose forged ritual suicide saves him from disgrace and opens a strange second life.

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A picaresque chronicle of the Meiji-Taisho politician Kamo Goroebei, whose forged ritual suicide saves him from disgrace and opens a strange second life. Sakaguchi Ango at his most playful and ironic.

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