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人魚逃走了

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與王子在奇蹟般的午後一同漫步銀座,踏出生命嶄新的一步!

某個三月的週末,社群上「人魚逃走了」這段話登上了熱門趨勢。
似乎是有個自稱「王子」的神祕青年,在銀座大街上徘徊。

「我的人魚不見了……她逃到這裡了。」

他不可思議的言行,引起了人們的興趣――
而在「人魚騷動」的背後,有五名男女迎接了「人生的關鍵時刻」。

與年長12歲的戀人穩定交往中的前藝人友志——〈戀愛是愚蠢的〉
即將踏上旅途前往紐約追夢的女兒奈緒,與始終無法放心而憂心忡忡的母親伊都子——〈城市是富裕的〉
沉迷於繪畫蒐藏而與妻子離婚的收藏家渡瀨昇——〈謊言是遙遠的〉
於咖啡店內靜待文學獎發表結果的作家日下部伸次郎——〈夢是寂靜的〉
在銀座高級俱樂部工作的女公關——〈你是確切的〉

是什麼樣意外的命運,等待著造訪銀座的五個人?
「王子」能否與人魚重逢?話又說回來,人魚是否真的存在……?

320 pages, Paperback

First published November 14, 2024

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Michiko Aoyama

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Michiko Aoyama was born in 1970 in Aichi Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. After university, she became a reporter for a Japanese newspaper based in Sydney before moving back to Japan to work as a magazine editor in Tokyo. What You are Looking for is in the Library was shortlisted for the Japan Booksellers' Award and became a Japanese bestseller. It is being translated into more than fifteen languages. She lives in Yokohama, Japan.

青山 美智子 Japanese name
青山美智子 Chinese name

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254 reviews20 followers
December 30, 2025
This book lacks the sense of wonder and urgency that once made the author’s works feel unmissable. Throughout, it gives me the impression that it was written for the sake of writing itself. There is no emotional resonance, and I am left unsure of what the book is really trying to say. Although the disappearance of the mermaid appears to be used as a narrative thread to initiate the story, it fails to draw me in or hold my interest.

The final chapter concerning the prince and the mermaid is, in itself, quite promising, but the subsequent addition of a “true prince” in the epilogue feels incongruous and undermines the coherence of the ending. To be honest, it's only a 2.5 star read.
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113 reviews2 followers
December 2, 2025
La autora me ha estado troleando durante todo el libro 100%.
Si quieres que te troleen es un libro perfecto.
No puedo decir que no me haya gustado, porque es una cosa curiosa. Es como que hasta la última página no entendía nada. Y luego de pronto PAM: el libro va de cómo la ficción nos cambia a los seres humanos. Espectaulcar.
6 reviews3 followers
September 29, 2025
最後の三割くらいからやっと夢中に慣れたんだけど、それまではちょっと読みづらいと感じました。自分の日本語力のせいなのか、ストーリーのリズムのせいなのかはっきり言えません。それでも最後まで読んで本当に良かった!
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18 reviews3 followers
October 19, 2025
小さなお話が後から繋がり大きな世界になっていく小説。「人魚が逃げた」のコピーにあるキャッチーさに惹かれて読みました。
51 reviews
January 16, 2026
ゆるーい物語かと思ったけどちゃんと繋がってる。王子様が銀座にいたらネットで話題になるのも現代の風潮だとそりゃそうだよねと共感。でもその裏にはストーリーがあり。
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45 reviews6 followers
May 11, 2025
You never know what gonna happen until the end😭
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