Do Ni Aganau (Shueisha Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Sapporo in the 1890s. Hitoe, the daughter of a silkworm farmer, spends her days picking mulberry leaves with the servants. However, the number of silkworm farmers has increased too much... The House of Chrysalis". Sagawa is the head of a brick factory in Ebetsu. An old subordinate dies due to the harsh working conditions... Redeeming the Soil. Mink farmers, hackberry growers, feather collectors, horseshoers, and other men who gambled on their possibilities and disappeared. The title work and six other works mourn for the industries that have emerged and declined in Hokkaido, while asking the meaning of life in an unflinching manner. The 39th Nitta Jiro Literary Award winner.

明治30年代札幌。蚕種所の娘ヒトエは、使用人たちと桑の葉を摘む日々。だが、養蚕農家が増え過ぎて...「蛹の家」。江別のレンガ工場の頭目・佐川。過酷な労働関係で年老いた部下が斃れ...「土に贖う」。ミンク養殖、ハッカ栽培、羽毛採取、蹄鉄屋など、可能性だけに賭けて消えていった男たち。道内に興り衰退した産業を悼みながら、生きる意味を冷徹に問う表題作他6編。圧巻の第39回新田次郎文学賞受賞作。