"To mourn his blind grandmother's death, the author visited Tsubosaka-dera Temple. As he followed the mountain path, he was reminded of the misfortunes of his relatives: his uncle's tragic fate, who cherished his grandmother and sold mandarin orange juice, and the image of his living mother... The author of 'Gan no Tera' (Temple of the Geese), 'Echizen Take Ningyo' (Echizen Bamboo Dolls), and 'Kiga Kaikyo' (The Strait of Hunger) encountered a theme he couldn't help but write about, 20 years into his writing career. This collection of short stories promises the arrival of a rich literary world filled with the shadows of Mizukami's later years. Tsutomu Mizukami, who had ingested something, whether "medicine" or poison, later became a writer and wrote several semi-autobiographical novels. He wrote about himself and the people around him, expressing the life and death of humans. (Omitted) The ground cherry, which is like poison but also "medicine," is, in other words, me, and also a semi-autobiographical novel. Readers who read Tsutomu Mizukami experienced something of life, something of me, accumulating in their minds and bodies as an invisible layer. (Writer: Hideo Takahashi) This is a copy of Tsutomu Mizukami's 'Tsubosaka Gensou' with the original obi (paper band), published by Kawade Shobo Shinsha in April 1977. There is some yellowing due to age, but no stains, writing, or library stamps. Please consider purchasing, understanding that it is a 46-year-old used book."