{"product_id":"book-2ffw","title":"三年目 \/ The Third Year","description":"\u003cp\u003eTomokichi is a skilled carpenter with one serious weakness: gambling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo break completely with his old life and become worthy of marrying O-Kiku, the daughter of his former master, he leaves Edo and works in the Kansai region for three years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore departing, he entrusts O-Kiku to his younger fellow carpenter, Kakutaro.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree years later, Tomokichi returns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe has kept his promise and changed his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the news waiting for him is devastating.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is told that O-Kiku and Kakutaro became husband and wife only months after his departure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnger, disbelief, and betrayal overwhelm him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet the truth is not what it appears to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKakutaro has not stolen O-Kiku from him. He has been protecting her, preserving the promise Tomokichi left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs misunderstandings unravel, a great flood strikes Fukagawa, forcing the three to confront not only danger, but the meaning of trust itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Third Year\" is a moving story of promise, jealousy, friendship, love, and the courage to believe in another person.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by Shugoro Yamamoto.\u003cbr\u003eNarrated by Shichimi Shungorō.\u003cbr\u003eProduced and published by Marutake Shobo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e腕のいい大工・友吉には、博打という悪い癖があった。\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e親方の娘・お菊と夫婦になるため、友吉は博打仲間との縁を断ち、上方へ出稼ぎに出る。\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eお菊のことは、弟分の大工・角太郎に託した。\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eそして三年。\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e働き抜き、心を入れ替えた友吉が江戸へ戻る。\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eところが、彼を待っていたのは信じ難い話だった。\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e自分が旅立って半年もしないうちに、お菊と角太郎が夫婦になったという。\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e怒りと疑念にかられた友吉は二人を探す。\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eしかし真実は、彼が想像したものとは違っていた。\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e角太郎は友を裏切ったのではない。\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eお菊を守り、友吉との約束を守るために、夫婦を装っていたのである。\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eそして折しも深川を大水が襲う。\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e三年間の離別、疑念、嫉妬を越えて試されるのは、約束そのものではなく、人を信じ抜く心だった。\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e友情、恋、誠実、信頼を描く、山本周五郎の下町人情短編。\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":67721026535728,"sku":"BD2ffw","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/2ffw-Square-cover.png?v=1788372299","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-2ffw","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}