Vol. 3June 2026
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The Moon over the Mountain

山月記

中島敦 · Japanese

A proud Tang-dynasty poet who forsook officialdom for literary greatness wakes one night transformed into a tiger.

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A proud Tang-dynasty poet who forsook officialdom for literary greatness wakes one night transformed into a tiger. Nakajima Atsushi's haunting meditation on ambition, shame, and the beast within the self.

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中島敦

나카지마 아쓰시는 1909년 일본에서 태어나 1942년에 사망한 소설가입니다. 대표작으로는 '산월기'가 있으며, 인간 내면의 고뇌와 자아 성찰을 다룬 작품들을 통해 일본 근대 문학에 기여했습니다. 그의 작품은 동양적 사상과 고전적 소재를 현대적으로 재해석했다는 평가를 받습니다.

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