The Decay of the Angel

The dramatic climax of The Sea of Fertility tetraology takes place in the late 1960s. Honda, now an aged and wealthy man, discovers and adopts a sixteen-year-old orphan, Toru, as his heir, identifying him with the tragic protagonists of the three previous novels, each of whom died at the age of twenty.

Punctul culminant dramatic al tetraologiei The Sea of Fertility are loc la sfarsitul anilor 1960. Honda, acum un barbat in varsta si bogat, descopera si adopta un orfan de saisprezece ani, Toru, drept mostenitor, identificandu-l cu protagonistii tragici ai celor trei romane anterioare, fiecare dintre ele murit la varsta de douazeci de ani.