Ningen Isu (Kadokawa Horror Bunko H E 1-1 Edogawa Rampo Best Selection 1)

[Machine Translation] The poor chair maker was always lonely because of his hideous appearance. In the midst of his misery, he hides in a large armchair that he has just delivered. The chair is brought to a splendid mansion where a beautiful young lady lives... This is the first volume of the best selection of Rampo's masterpieces, including the title story, which depicts a man's obsessive love for the touch of a woman's body separated by a piece of chair skin, and "Oshie to Tabisu Otoko" (The Man Who Travels with Oshie), a work of bizarre romantic literature that Rampo himself admires.

貧しい椅子職人は、世にも醜い容貌のせいで、常に孤独だった。惨めな日々の中で思いつめた男は、納品前の大きな肘掛椅子の中に身を潜める。その椅子は、若く美しい夫人の住む立派な屋敷に運び込まれ…。椅子の皮一枚を隔てた、女体の感触に溺れる男の偏執的な愛を描く表題作ほか、乱歩自身が代表作と認める怪奇浪漫文学の作品「押絵と旅する男」など、傑作中の傑作を収録するベストセレクション第1弾。