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This book brings together Yasushi Inoue's articles on the subject of landscape and journey. When these descriptions of scenery are put into novels, they are often submerged and ignored. Yasushi Inoue is extremely fond of these text passages related to scenery. In other words, Inoue Yasushi is extremely fond of the scenery in these passages. It is now specifically extracted to give the reader the opportunity to contemplate the beauty of these scenes.

Once upon a time, there was a small country in the Western Regions called Loulan. Lop Nur of Loulan is the god of the Loulan people and the basis of survival for all the people of Loulan. Due to being caught in the struggle between the Huns and the Han Dynasty for a long time, the weak Loulan had no choice but to make the decision to move away from Lop Nur. Without Lop Nur, where will Loulan and Loulan people go? Japanese literary giant Yasushi Inoue uses simple words to describe the changes in the mysterious ancient country of Loulan. Yasushi Inoue's novels are full of romantic imagination and longings and dreams for the Western Regions of China. There is a story in the short story collection "Loulan" called "Wolf Disaster", which was adapted to the big screen by director Tian Zhuangzhuang with the same name. In addition, Inoue Yasushi also wrote novels "Dunhuang", "Confucius", "The Balance of the Balance" and so on.

Includes Yasu Inoue's three works: "Shotgun", "Bullfighting" and "Heather on Mount Hira". "Shotgun" is Yasushi Inoue's famous work. The core of the novel is the love between Ayako, Sanosuke and Midoriko. The three protagonists are all unfortunate. Under the seemingly calm narration, there are vague secrets and hideous scars that have lasted for many years. "Bullfighting" is a work written by Yasushi Inoue and published in "Literary World" in December of the 24th year of Showa (1949). Yasushi Inoue won the Akutagawa Literature Prize for this work. At that time, it was in the early days after the end of World War II. Japan's national economy was on the verge of bankruptcy, inflation was rising, and people's lives were in poverty, but businessmen were making a fortune. The novel revolves around the bullfighting competition held by the Osaka Shine Evening News Company in the early post-war period. It depicts the image of Tsugami and others. Through the intrigues between the protagonist Tsugami and speculators and his love affairs, it reveals many dirty shady transactions, shows the world situation in the difficult early post-war Japan, and reflects the social reality of post-war Japan from the side. "Heather on Mount Hira" is the last short story included in this book. Inoue created the image of a stubborn old scholar Miike Shuntaro. The prototype of his image is Inoue Yasushi's father-in-law Adachi Buntaro. This short chapter outlines the old man's intellectual life, which was melodramatic but never regretted and remained as determined as ever.

The protagonist Uozu and his friend Kosaka made an appointment to go hiking together, but Kosaka fell off a cliff and died in front of Uojin. Uozu clearly saw that the accident was caused by the breaking of the climbing rope. Afterwards, there were many doubtful voices in the society. Because nylon rope manufacturers claim that nylon climbing ropes are strong and will never cause problems, and many people also support this assertion. Therefore, some people suspect that the problem lies in the technical level and that Kosaka and others used the climbing rope improperly. In addition, some people even suspected that Uozu cut the climbing rope to protect himself. Some even suspected that Kosaka committed suicide and cut the climbing rope. Since Kosaka's body has not yet been found, Uozu has been caught in the torrent of public opinion. Faced with speculation about whether Kosaka committed suicide, Uozu was the only one who always believed that his friend, as a mountaineer, would never commit suicide during mountain climbing. When it comes to relationships, Uozu knows that he shouldn't fall in love with Minako, who is already a wife and was once a friend's lover, but he is still involuntarily attracted to Minako. Before he climbed the mountain for the last time, he asked Minako to meet and pour out his feelings. At the same time, he also clearly told the other party that if he confessed, he would break up and never see each other again. He was determined to face his heart and climb to that mountain...