書を捨てよ、町へ出よう

by Shūji Terayama

あなたの人生は退屈ですか。どこか遠くに行きたいと思いますか。あなたに必要なのは見栄えの良い仕事でも、自慢できる彼や彼女でも、お洒落な服でもない。必要なものは想像力だ。一点豪華主義的なイマジネーションこそが現実を覆す。書を捨てよ、町へ出よう―。とびきり大きな嘘を抱えながら。家出の方法、サッカー、ハイティーン詩集、競馬、ヤクザになる方法、自殺学入門etc…。八歳にして詩を書き、時代と共に駆け抜けた天才アジテーター・寺山修司による、100%クールな挑発の書。

Genres: Japan

332 pages, Paperback

First published March 15, 1967

About the author

Shūji Terayama (寺山 修司, December 10, 1935 – May 4, 1983) was a Japanese avant-garde poet, dramatist, writer, film director, and photographer. His works range from radio drama, experimental television, underground (Angura) theatre, countercultural essays, to Japanese New Wave and "expanded" cinema.

Reviews

[Bill Hsu · Rating 2 out of 5]

Chinese translation of Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets.

Here's a summary:
https://letterboxd.com/film/throw-awa...

The satirical "Suicide Manual" is pretty good. But you do have to slog through pieces on pachinko, horse-racing (including racehorse sex, no it's not that entertaining), baseball, boxing, gambling etc.

[Ami Iida · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's his essays.

[Kei · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sometimes it's good to remember someone adored by those who surrounded me a long ago.

[Patrick · Rating 3 out of 5]

prefer the third chapter

[Andy Zhang · Rating 5 out of 5]

August 2022, in Boston

[王棕 · Rating 3 out of 5]

@微信读书

[Hailong Hao · Rating 4 out of 5]

一边看一边想，无所顾忌的写作真是迷人。