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  "path": "/2026/05/10/sunlit-blossoms-on-a-poisoned-sea-mariko-tatsumoto/",
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  "textContent": "In \"Blossoms on a Poisoned Sea,\" Mariko Tatsumoto's historical novel, a family afflicted with disease from mercury poisoning meets the public's mostly unsympathic gaze.",
  "title": "“Blossoms on a Poisoned Sea”: Disdain for the afflicted"
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