Nyonin Tsuioku 1 (SHOGAKUKAN Classic Revival)

[Machine Translation] The main character, Shingo Miyazaki, is a junior high school student in wartime. He spends his days in anguish, while his sexual flirtation with his cousin Chizuru stirs his heart, and he also has a passionate love affair with his childhood friend Taeko. -Shingo gradually awakens to his sexuality. During and after World War II, amidst the rapid changes in times and values, the lives of men and women, love and sex, remain unchanged. In this long-awaited revival of the author's best-known work, a romantic coming-of-age story, Shingo carefully depicts the sexuality and emotions of a young boy stepping into an unknown world in a climate that smells like nature.

主人公の宮崎真吾は戦時下の中学生。いとこ千鶴との性的な戯れに心揺らす一方、幼なじみの妙子にも熱い恋心を抱き、悶々とした日々を送っていた。―徐々に性に目覚めていく真吾。戦中から戦後へ、時代や価値観が急変していく中にあって変わらぬ男と女、愛と性の営み。自然が匂い立つような風土の中で、未知なる世界へ踏み出す少年の性や心情を丁寧に描いた、著者代表作ともいえる青春大河ロマン待望の復活。