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千鳥酒館

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年近四十,正在辦離婚的主角沙沙,前往倫敦住一個月,得知表妹千鳥來到巴黎,於是提議久未見面的姐妹倆一起去英國西南海邊的彭贊斯旅遊。原來,自小相依為命的外公外婆相繼過世了,千鳥如今也孤單一人。在海邊小鎮,表姐妹倆共度了五天,因為是比朋友還親密的親人,應當可以更加鬆懈,療癒心傷。實際上,小鎮幾乎無人,只有熟睡似的沉重之海,兩個年齡相仿的女人,在這樣遙遠的地方,認知到自己的孤獨。共同的寂寞,讓兩人好像掉進狹縫裡的貓,被那個小鎮完全吸收,沉浸在不可思議、彷彿轉生為幽靈的魔法時間中。

「這個年紀還能重新再來嗎?」人的一生能知道有些美麗,真的很幸運。以後會怎樣不知道,但是能以幸福的心情看待生命,正是活著的證據。 酒館,是無處可去的人,心靈的最後堡壘。無處可去的人在不可思議的異國旅途中,接觸到廣大無邊的愛。終於走到千鳥酒館。

吉本芭娜娜再度寫出女性之間纖細敏銳的療癒傑作。

179 pages, Hardcover

First published September 30, 2013

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Banana Yoshimoto

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Banana Yoshimoto (よしもと ばなな or 吉本 ばなな) is the pen name of Mahoko Yoshimoto (吉本 真秀子), a Japanese contemporary writer. She writes her name in hiragana. (See also 吉本芭娜娜 (Chinese).)

Along with having a famous father, poet Takaaki Yoshimoto, Banana's sister, Haruno Yoiko, is a well-known cartoonist in Japan. Growing up in a liberal family, she learned the value of independence from a young age.

She graduated from Nihon University's Art College, majoring in Literature. During that time, she took the pseudonym "Banana" after her love of banana flowers, a name she recognizes as both "cute" and "purposefully androgynous."

Despite her success, Yoshimoto remains a down-to-earth and obscure figure. Whenever she appears in public she eschews make-up and dresses simply. She keeps her personal life guarded, and reveals little about her certified Rolfing practitioner, Hiroyoshi Tahata and son (born in 2003). Instead, she talks about her writing. Each day she takes half an hour to write at her computer, and she says, "I tend to feel guilty because I write these stories almost for fun."

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在飯糰連鎖店當公關的「我」,沙沙,和同公司的萬人迷店長丈夫離婚後,與外公外婆過世,獨自繼承酒館的表妹千鳥,一起到英國海邊的聖麥克爾山旅遊。

淡季的海邊冷冷清清,對這兩個結束過去一段人生,得重新開始的女人而言,這樣樸實無華的旅行,恰是真空、徬徨、猶豫心境的最佳選擇。

沙沙質疑自己離婚的決定,也對未來是否能夠再次獲得幸福沒有信心,在旅行中體驗到人生的寂寞是永遠伴隨,而逝者已矣─死去的人,離開的人─都只是生命中的一段風景,不論好或壞,終究遠揚,無法停駐。

毫無例外的,故事中還是有死去的人(外公、外婆),主題也還是孑然一身的孤單寂寞,不知道是因為主角的「歧路中年」引發共鳴還是其他什麼原因,這回閱讀的心情似乎比較接近第一次看作者成名作「廚房」的感覺。

雖然書薄薄的,但也長了一點見識──原來英國也有一座和法國聖米歇爾山類似的聖麥(邁)克爾山啊!去過法國的,對岸英國的,也該放進bucket list裡哪!
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