Across the Deathline, Volume 1
死線を越えて 01 死線を越えて
賀川豊彦 · Japanese
At twenty-two, the narrator is drawn into the slums of Kobe, where poverty, faith, and a stubborn sense of the sacred remake his life.
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At twenty-two, the narrator is drawn into the slums of Kobe, where poverty, faith, and a stubborn sense of the sacred remake his life. Kagawa Toyohiko's autobiographical bestseller.
Across the Deathline, Volume 1
死線を越えて 01 死線を越えて
賀川豊彦 · Japanese
At twenty-two, the narrator is drawn into the slums of Kobe, where poverty, faith, and a stubborn sense of the sacred remake his life.
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私は、不思議な運命の子として、神聖な世界へ目醒めることを許された。そして、人間の世界の神聖な姿と、自然の姿に隠れた神聖な実在を刻々に味ふことが、私の生活の凡てになつてしまつた。二十二の時に、貧民窟に引摺られたのも、この神聖な姿が、私をそこへひこずつて行つたのだつた。そして、私の芸術も、この美を越えた聖、生命の中核をなす聖なるものを除いて何ものでもない。
Pagera Editor's Note
At twenty-two, the narrator is drawn into the slums of Kobe, where poverty, faith, and a stubborn sense of the sacred remake his life. Kagawa Toyohiko's autobiographical bestseller.
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