Snow Dance (Gift)

Author: Akio Tsuboi
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Publish Date: 2002-10-01
Features: A fierce debate erupted at Sapporo Central Hospital over whether to perform brain surgery on a six-month-old infant. Under the persistent request of the infant's mother, a young and beautiful woman named Fuji no, the young neurosurgeon proceeded with the operation, resulting in the child's death. This novel raises questions that remain worth contemplating today... When a patient is suffering from a terminal illness and modern medicine has no solution, what should be done? The novel offers a realistic and detailed portrayal of the psychological states of both the doctors and the patient's family, filled with tension and human emotion, as well as the romantic entanglements of modern people.