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Author: Akizuki Junichi
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Publish Date: 2003-09-02
Features: Akizuki Junichi's novel depicting the distorted sexual relationships between modern men and women. Through the portrayal of the protagonists' reckless pursuit of sexual release and liberation, the novel explores the significance of sexual desire in the fundamental structure of human beings. At the same time, it criticizes modern culture for suppressing people's primal vitality. Though she knows that Tsunehisa will inevitably act as he pleases, Fumiko does not want to be touched right now. At least, she wants to hold on a little longer. The female protagonist suffers from a physiological trauma due to a surgical accident, believing herself no longer to be a woman. This leads to her confusion and melancholy, as if she has countless grievances to express, resulting in a distortion of her sexual desires. However, on the autumn night when geese return and flowers are in full bloom a year later, she suddenly regains her normal self, though she doesn't know why.