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別れぬ理由
総合病院の整形外科医長・速見修平は、一年前から岡部葉子と愛人関係にある。が、最近、勤めを持つ妻・房子に男の影を感じてならない。夜中に電話がかかってきたり、自宅のマンションの入口で男と別れる姿を目撃したり。まさか妻にも愛人が…。 疑い、争いあい、揺れ動きつつ、なお別れる道を選ばない二人の心の綾を描いて、現代の〈理想〉の夫婦像をさぐった話題の長篇小説。
359 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 31, 1991
About the author
Jun'ichi Watanabe
162 books57 followersJunichi Watanabe ( 渡辺淳一, Watanabe Jun'ichi, October 24, 1933 – April 30, 2014) was a Japanese writer, known for his portrayal of the extra-marital affairs of middle aged people.
His 1997 novel 'A Lost Paradise' became a bestseller in Japan and over Asia, and was made into a film and a TV miniseries. He has written more than 50 novels in total, and won awards including Naoki Prize in 1970 for 'Light and Shadow' (Hikari to kage), New Current Coterie magazine prize for Makeup, the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize in 1979 for 'The Setting Sun in the Distance' (Toki rakujitsu) and 'The Russian Brothel of Nagasaki' (Nagasaki roshia yujokan).
He was born in Sunagawamachi (present-day Kamisunagawa) and died on April 30, 2014 of prostate cancer in Tokyo.
His 1997 novel 'A Lost Paradise' became a bestseller in Japan and over Asia, and was made into a film and a TV miniseries. He has written more than 50 novels in total, and won awards including Naoki Prize in 1970 for 'Light and Shadow' (Hikari to kage), New Current Coterie magazine prize for Makeup, the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize in 1979 for 'The Setting Sun in the Distance' (Toki rakujitsu) and 'The Russian Brothel of Nagasaki' (Nagasaki roshia yujokan).
He was born in Sunagawamachi (present-day Kamisunagawa) and died on April 30, 2014 of prostate cancer in Tokyo.
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