About the book: 1967 / "Descendant of Cain" is a story about the hard life of the peasants of Hokkaido, which means to say nothing. No, the story is about something completely different - about the destruction of personality. The main figure of the story is Nin'emon, a man whose eternal poverty and eternal pursuit of a piece of bread made him angry, suspicious, and not trusting anyone or anything. He is ready to commit a crime. He will not even stop before killing a person standing in his way. And his goal is to get rich. He alienates himself from society, works day and night. He wants to break the networks of poverty with his own hands. He doesn't need anyone: the whole village is his enemies. And he does not understand one thing - that he is looking for enemies in the wrong place where they should be looked for.