離別的聲音

by Nanae Aoyama, 青山七恵, 王蘊潔 (Translator)

那些擦身而過，卻難以忘懷的人
離別的聲音是怎樣的？ 六個短篇故事，描述著離別。

例如離職歡送會的現場，例如共事過幾個月的同事，例如此時想起那個俯身專注地，看著自己被雨浸溼了趾尖絲襪的修鞋匠，或者，是一個朋友的女朋友。可以說，這只是一個擦傷告別。但是，為何無關人生輕重的這些人，留下的不是淡淡的憂愁，卻是深深的印象？

每場離別各自留下了什麼樣的聲響？如何喚醒或者打擾了原來寧靜的身體。
這是一本細膩清新卻有堅硬感受的短篇小說集，宛如紛飛花瓣裡閃耀著金屬，聲音在空氣中結晶。

232 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2010

About the author

青山 七恵

Reviews

[Anna Yamauchi]

Aoyama has a remarkable ability to find melancholy in ordinary life. The book understands that endings rarely arrive with a clear conclusion. More often, they emerge gradually through routine. Someone moves away. A conversation becomes less frequent. A familiar presence slowly turns into a memory. The sadness comes not from a single event but from realizing that something has already ended before you've fully noticed it. The prose is beautiful in an understated way. It never strains for lyricism, yet certain passages linger because of their precision. Aoyama trusts small details to carry emotional weight, and more often than not, they do. If I have one criticism, it's that the novel can feel almost too quiet at times. But by the end, that restraint felt completely appropriate. A delicate, deeply human book about absence, memory, and the faint echoes people leave behind after they've gone.

[Milkymono · Rating 3 out of 5]

都是一些淡淡的情愫

[流川楓 · Rating 4 out of 5]

温柔细腻的文字大概也只有女性作家能写出来吧

[Lula · Rating 3 out of 5]

不知道为什么不怎么喜欢这种风格

[Yue · Rating 4 out of 5]

"The Sound of Separation"