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天國百哩路
「醫師，請給我媽媽一顆一百哩的心臟。」
一個窮途末路、仰賴舞女包養為生的輸家，
為了拯救母親危在旦夕的性命，
不惜放棄僅有的奧援，與冷漠無情的兄姊們決裂，
開著破舊的廂型車，
母子兩人攜手踏上那條尋訪名醫的重生百哩路…
一個窮途末路、仰賴舞女包養為生的輸家，
為了拯救母親危在旦夕的性命，
不惜放棄僅有的奧援，與冷漠無情的兄姊們決裂，
開著破舊的廂型車，
母子兩人攜手踏上那條尋訪名醫的重生百哩路…
256 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 1998
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About the author
Jirō Asada
229 books27 followersJirō Asada (浅田 次郎, born December 13, 1951 in Tokyo) is the pen name of Kōjirō Iwato (岩戸 康次郎), a Japanese writer.
Inspired by Yukio Mishima, who tried to stage a coup d'état among Japan Self-Defense Forces then committed suicide after the coup was failed, Asada enlisted in the SDF after finishing his studies. He changed jobs many times while endeavoring to find writing opportunities, submitting his works to literary competitions.
In 1991, his novel Torarete tamaruka! (とられてたまるか!) started his literary career. After writing several picaresque novels, his novel Metro ni notte (地下鉄に乗って) was awarded the Eiji Yoshikawa Prize for New Writers and made into a 2006 film; a short story collection The Stationmaster and other stories (Poppoya (鉄道員)) was also awarded the Naoki Prize.
He writes not only standard fiction and picaresque novels, but also writes historical and Chinese historical novels such as The Firmament of the Pleiades (Sōkyū no subaru, 蒼穹の昴).
Inspired by Yukio Mishima, who tried to stage a coup d'état among Japan Self-Defense Forces then committed suicide after the coup was failed, Asada enlisted in the SDF after finishing his studies. He changed jobs many times while endeavoring to find writing opportunities, submitting his works to literary competitions.
In 1991, his novel Torarete tamaruka! (とられてたまるか!) started his literary career. After writing several picaresque novels, his novel Metro ni notte (地下鉄に乗って) was awarded the Eiji Yoshikawa Prize for New Writers and made into a 2006 film; a short story collection The Stationmaster and other stories (Poppoya (鉄道員)) was also awarded the Naoki Prize.
He writes not only standard fiction and picaresque novels, but also writes historical and Chinese historical novels such as The Firmament of the Pleiades (Sōkyū no subaru, 蒼穹の昴).
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May 13, 2010
A simple tearjerker--
I don't have much to say about this book. A down-and-out former CEO of a now bankrupt real estate company tries to save his mother by driving her to a faraway hospital where a genius heart doctor can fix his mother's heart.
The emotional gut appeal is right there and yes, you guessed it, you'll cry toward the end for sure. You KNOW what Asada Jiro is up to, but you can't help crying. It's pretty powerful.
It's a good simple story that, to me at least, lacks depth and lingering resonance after you put it down.
Good, but not his best.
I don't have much to say about this book. A down-and-out former CEO of a now bankrupt real estate company tries to save his mother by driving her to a faraway hospital where a genius heart doctor can fix his mother's heart.
The emotional gut appeal is right there and yes, you guessed it, you'll cry toward the end for sure. You KNOW what Asada Jiro is up to, but you can't help crying. It's pretty powerful.
It's a good simple story that, to me at least, lacks depth and lingering resonance after you put it down.
Good, but not his best.
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