紫阳花日记

by Jun'ichi Watanabe, 渡辺淳一, 王智新 (Translator)

川岛省吾和志麻子是在日本很典型的一对中产阶级夫妇，住在东京高尚社区，丈夫经营着一家私立医院，妻子在家料理家务。结婚十五年，有一儿一女。

看似平静的生活被丈夫在妻子卧房偶然发现的一本日记给彻底打乱了。在这本日记里，妻子以女人的敏感和细心，详细记录了她对丈夫不忠的点点观察，但在平日生活中却又绝口不提此事。得知自己的婚外情被妻子发现，省吾大为紧张，可妻子不说，自己也不能主动招认。于是，夫妻间开始了一场让双方都深感痛苦的“暗战”。

“暗战”终于变成直接交锋，太太甚至冲到丈夫情人的公寓。双方也都想到了离婚，但生活的惯性、孩子、再加上丈夫的妥协，使他们的婚姻磕磕绊绊地维系下去。

省吾依然靠偷看妻子日记来了解她的内心活动。慢慢发现，经过这次冲突，妻子对自己已经是心灰意冷，更让他吃惊的是，妻子开始和多年前读大学时期的一个教授开始交往……

390 pages, Tankobon Softcover

First published September 1, 2008

About the author

Junichi 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.

Reviews

[Li · Rating 4 out of 5]

看完後會更珍惜與疼愛身邊的最愛。