{"product_id":"book-2dl0","title":"落葉の隣り \/ Beside the Falling Leaves","description":"\u003cp\u003eShigeji, Sankichi, and Ohisa grow up in the same poor neighborhood of Asakusa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShigeji has loved Ohisa since childhood, yet he convinces himself that her heart belongs to Sankichi, his closest friend. Believing Sankichi to be a rare artistic genius, he suppresses his own feelings and takes pride in supporting the man he admires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears pass. Sankichi becomes a gifted craftsman of lacquer and mother-of-pearl work, while Ohisa quietly waits for Shigeji to understand her feelings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Shigeji never does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEventually, the misunderstanding he created becomes reality: Ohisa truly falls in love with Sankichi. At the same time, Sankichi's extraordinary talent begins to bend toward money, forgery, and marriage into a wealthy merchant family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShigeji is forced to confront the collapse of both his secret love and the idealized friend he had believed in for years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Beside the Falling Leaves\" is a bittersweet story of friendship, artistic ambition, missed love, self-deception, and the painful moment when a person no longer knows which road to take.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by Shugoro Yamamoto.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNarrated by Shichimi Shungorō.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduced and published by Marutake Shobo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e浅草の同じ裏長屋で育った繁次、参吉、おひさ。\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e繁次は幼い頃からおひさを想っていた。しかし「おひさは参吉が好きなのだ」と一人で思い込み、親友のために自ら身を引いてしまう。\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e卓越した職人の才能を持つ参吉を、繁次は「万人に一人の男」だと信じ、その友であることを誇りにしていた。\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eだが歳月が流れ、繁次の思い込みを見続けたおひさは、本当に参吉を愛するようになる。\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e一方の参吉も、名工への道を歩むはずが、名物の贋作を作り、富豪の娘との結婚を選ぼうとしていた。\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e恋を失い、信じていた友の姿まで崩れていく。\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e「これからどっちへいったらいいんだ」\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e友情、秘めた恋、才能への憧れ、思い込みが生むすれ違い、そして人生の岐路に立つ男の孤独を描いた、山本周五郎の苦く哀切な人情小説。\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e著者：山本周五郎\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e朗読：七味春五郎\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e制作・発行：丸竹書房\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":67718295879984,"sku":"BD2dl0","price":6.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/2dl0-Square-cover.png?v=1788300653","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-2dl0","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}