湖水の女
By a lonely mountain lake, a young man meets a woman from the water.
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About the book
This text tells of a young man named Gin who, by a lonely mountain lake, encounters a woman combing her hair in the water; he brings her bread made in different ways, but she keeps declining and slipping back under the surface. The prose moves in a calm, fairy-tale-like manner, giving it the plain charm of a folk tale.
About the author
Miekichi Suzuki (September 29, 1882 – June 27, 1936) was a Japanese novelist and author of children's stories from Hiroshima. He wrote both fiction for adults and stories for children.
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