5/28/2023 0 Comments 風立ちぬ [Kaze tachinu] by Tatsuo Hori![]() ![]() Autumn has set in, and the protagonist muses how this encounter has changed him. After Setsuko's and her father's departure, he returns to his work as a writer which he had abandoned during the time he had spent with her. Setsuko announces that her father will soon arrive at the hotel, which will put an end to their walks. The first person narrator cites from Paul Valéry's poem Le Cimetière marin ("The wind has risen we must try to live") when a strong wind occurs, while Setsuko, a woman he has just met this summer and who resides at the same hotel, is working on a painting. The story is divided into a prologue and four chapters: Prologue The story is set in a sanitarium in Nagano, Japan, where the nameless protagonist resides with his fiancée Setsuko, who has been diagnosed with tuberculosis. ![]() The Wind Has Risen (風立ちぬ, Kaze tachinu) is a Japanese novel by Tatsuo Hori, published between 19, and is regarded as his most acknowledged work. ![]()
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