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水は動かず芹の中

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いつの時代も、戦を止めようとしたものがいた――。長いスランプに陥った小説家はやけっぱちになり、唐津を旅することに。陶芸体験をした窯元の夫婦から、水神にまつわる不思議な伝承を聞く。今でいう「難民」であったという流浪の水神は、戦国時代、いかにして秀吉の朝鮮出兵を止めようとしたのか……。『かたづの!』の著者が、かつてないスケールで歴史と現代を深く結びつける長篇小説。

304 pages

Published October 10, 2025

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Kyōko Nakajima

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Nakajima (中島 京子) is an award-winning essayist and novelist from Japan. She studied at the Tokyo Woman's Christian University. Her many prizes include: the Naoki Prize, and the Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature. And her story Chiisai Ouchi (The Little House), was adapted for cinema in 2014.

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