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エドワード・マニング・ラッテンバーによる本作は、ハドソン川流域に息づいた先住民族の鼓動を現代に蘇らせる「記憶の叙事詩」です。著者の執念とも言える緻密な記述には、失われゆく文化への深い敬意が満ちています。読者は記録の向こう側にある人々の誇り高い生活と、文明の激流に呑み込まれていく歴史の重みを、生々しい手触りをもって追体験することになるでしょう。 図書館の刻印や掠れた文字さえも「生きた証」として残る本書は、人類が守るべき知の遺産そのものです。洗練されたフィクションでは決して到達できない、歴史の真実だけが放つ凄烈な美しさがここにはあります。忘却の深淵から救い出されたこの魂の記録は、私たちが立つ大地の真の姿を厳かに問いかけてくる、まさに読む者の知性を揺さぶる珠玉の一冊です。