永遠と横道世之介 上

by Shūichi Yoshida, 吉田 修一

「この世で一番大切なのはリラックスしていることですよ」　

39歳になったカメラマン・横道世之介が暮らすのは、東京郊外に建つ下宿「ドーミー吉祥寺の南」。元芸者の祖母が始めた下宿を切り盛りするあけみちゃん、最古参の元芸人の営業マン礼二さん、書店員の大福さん、大学生の谷尻くんらとゆるーっと暮らす毎日に、唐突に知り合いのベテラン教師ムーさんの引きこもりの息子一歩が入居することになって……。下宿仲間たちと繰り広げる、温かくてしょっぱい人間ドラマ。　

・九月　猛暑元年　
・十月　来年四十　
・十一月　地蔵とお嬢さま　
・十二月　サンタとトナカイ　
・一月　謹賀新年　
・二月　輪廻転生　

352 pages, Paperback

Published May 26, 2023

About the author

Shūichi Yoshida (吉田 修一) was born in Nagasaki, and studied Business Administration at Hosei University. He won the Bungakukai Prize for New Writers in 1997 for his story "Saigo no Musuko", and the Akutagawa Prize in 2002 (the fifth time he'd been nominated for the prize) for "Park Life". In 2002 he also won the Yamamoto Prize for Parade, and for winning both literary and popular prizes Yoshida was seen as a crossover writer, like Amy Yamada or Masahiko Shimada. In 2003 he wrote lyrics for the song "Great Escape" on Tomoyasu Hotei's album Doberman. His 2007 novel Villain won the Osaragi Jiro Prize and the Mainichi Publishing Culture Award, and was recently adapted into an award-winning 2010 film by Lee Sang-il.