Jiga No Kozu (Shogakukan Bunko Mi)

[Machine Translation] Shinichiro Minami, a high school teacher, is attracted to Mieko, the wife of his colleague Fujishima, even though he has a wife and child. He learns from Fujishima, an art teacher, and his drawing of Mieko as a model is selected for the Nitten exhibition for the first time. At the same time, Fujishima's painting of Mieko was not selected. A year later, Fujishima dies mysteriously in a canyon they visited together. Was it an accident, murder, or suicide? Shinichiro is under suspicion. Soon, the lives of Mieko, Shinichiro's wife Yuki, and others become intertwined, and things take an unexpected turn. Can one truly love another? Jealousy, suspicion, greed, and egoism. This is a problematic work that brings human nature into sharp relief.

高校教師の南慎一郎は、妻子がありながら同僚である藤島の妻美枝子に心惹かれている。美術教師の藤島から手ほどきを受け、美枝子をモデルに描いた絵が日展初出品で入選。同時に美枝子を描いて出品した藤島は落選していた。一年後、共に訪れた峡谷で藤島が謎の死を遂げる。不慮の事故か、他殺か、自殺か。嫌疑をかけられる慎一郎。やがて、美枝子や慎一郎の妻由紀らの人生が絡み合い、思わぬ方向へと動き出していく。果して人は人を真に愛することができるのか。嫉妬、疑念、欲、エゴイズム。人間の本質を鋭く浮かび上がらせた問題作。