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O. Henry Award おーへんりーしょう

Edition 13 (1931)

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Wilbur Daniel Steele うぃるばー・だにえる・すてぃーる Winner

A short story that uses a religious metaphor to trace a person's struggle for redemption and reconciliation. The burden of the past and a sense of isolation quietly shape the characters' actions and inner lives.

A desire for redemption quietly emerges amid isolation and conflict.

redemptioninner conflictreligious symbolism