Proof of youth

Author: Morimura Seiichi
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: The novel depicts three families. A police officer sacrifices himself to protect Takakura Michitaro, after which Takakura marries his daughter, but their marriage lacks affection and is not fulfilling. A wealthy woman, Youshiya Yumiko, loses her fiancé, Shigeharu Yamura, in a mountain climbing accident. Yamura's cousin takes his place and marries Yumiko. Tadashi Yabuki, a member of the Kamikaze corps, survives a battle but loses his fiancée to an air raid. He then marries his fiancée's younger sister. These three couples, in the prime of their youth, suffer heavy blows and have complex, painful inner worlds, each harboring secrets they dare not reveal. Four murder cases connect these three families and cruelly expose the secrets of their marriages.