Fuyu no Yado (P+D)

[Machine Translation] ( For me, the poor, cold, cluttered air of the Kirishima household was the only place to settle down. Like some kind of fish that can only live calmly in muddy water...) ) As a college student, "I" did not fit in at school or with my schoolmates, and I did not get along with my uncle and his family who were staying with me, so I rented a six-tatami-mat room in the Kirishima household, which had a sign saying "Room for rent. However, the owner, Kamon, is a selfish and violent man who makes his Christian wife Matsuko, who has two young children, cry all the time. For some reason, however, "I" can't seem to get rid of Kamon. This best-selling work was made into a movie starring Setsuko Hara. Included also is a cynical depiction of postwar reality through a reunion at an old high school ("Alt Heidelberch").

「私にとっては、霧島家の貧寒で乱雑な空気だけが身を置くべき場所となっていた。泥水の中でなければ落ちついて棲むことのできないある種の魚たちのように...」大学生の“私”は、学校にも学友ともなじめず、下宿していた叔父一家ともしっくりいかずに、貸間と貼り紙のあった霧島家の6畳間を借りることになった。ところがその主人・嘉門は自分勝手な暴れ者で、幼いふたりの子を抱えたクリスチャンの妻・まつ子を泣かせてばかり。しかし“私”はなぜか嘉門を嫌いになれず―。原節子出演で映画化もされたベストセラー作品。旧制高校の同窓会を通じて、戦後の現実をシニカルに描いた「アルト・ハイデルベルヒ」を併録。