Peasant writer

BETSUKAI, Japan - Photo taken May 15, 2014 shows novelist Hiroshi Tamai walking on grassland at a dairy farm he ran until he gave up farming in Betsukai, Hokkaido. Seen at the back are a private library for local people (R), converted from his home, and a former cattle shed. (Photo by Makoto Hori)

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