The Beautiful Annabel Lee was Chilled and Killed (﨟たしアナベル・リイ 総毛立ちつ身まかりつ) is a novel by Kenzaburō Ōe, published by Shinchosha on November 20, 2007.
Thirty years later, Sakura has recovered from her childhood trauma, and has become a storyteller to recite the tale of a peasant uprising which occurred in the narrator's home town long ago.
Like Annabel Lee in Poe's poem, the protagonist has recovered from traumatic events from years ago, and has returned to face a bright future.
In one interview with Ōe, the author discussed the differences between this novel and his other works, noting: "This is the first time I have chosen a woman to be the leading figure."
[citation needed] The novel has been translated into Chinese,[1] and Italian (La vergine eterna, ISBN 978-88-11-68378-0), but not (yet) into English.