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55歲開始的Hello Life

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村上龍新境界小說
獻給現在及未來55歲的你,這是寫給你們的打氣希望書。
跟每一天的自己說:我懂,我懂,一切都會更好的。

人生中最可怕的是,抱著後悔而活,並非孤獨。
我們一旦展開另一種人生,就會變成另一個人,
那麼你有沒有勇氣變成另一個人?

人活著真的就只有未知與後悔的事嗎?
人活著難道只能被動地讓命運支配?無法翻轉?

普通的人,年紀大了,也想要有不一樣的後半生,
普通的人,也想要追求自己的幸福,讓自己再出發!


日本作家村上龍過去每本小說都精準預測了社會的邊緣現象,尤其對於繭居族,網路犯罪等等議題,驚心動魄的情節每每讓讀者記憶深刻,這次他以五位55歲的主角交織成五篇故事,把中年的矛盾情感與掙扎痛苦淋漓盡致描寫,貼近現實生活平鋪直敘,讓人充滿共鳴。這次他跳脫過去社會的崩壞主題,保留更多細膩、觀察入微的情感,字裡行間充分表現五位角色內心的渴望,創造出耐人尋味的新境界小說!

在《55歲開始的Hello Life》小說中,五位主角面臨到各自不同的人生議題。離婚後的志津子還是想找個伴,她到婚姻介紹所想選擇跟前夫完全不同條件的異性,然而越相親越發現追求幸福,不只是「結婚」這件事;中產階級的富田太郎退休後的夢想是開著露營車與妻子到處旅行,但現實與夢想卻不斷衝突而遭受打擊,最後甚至因為莫名的不被認同而有了憂鬱症;淑子的喪犬之痛,發現與丈夫之間的溝通問題;茂雄和意外淪為「遊民」的高中同學福田相遇,這趟生離死別的旅程中,我們看到在殘酷的社會競爭底下中年失業的茫然與絕望;派遣送貨員的源一,遇到一位可以傾談的女性對象,卻發現了驚人祕密。

不論你現在是否已經邁入55歲的人生階段,或者你正準備進入中年的規劃,小說家用作品帶給我們在人生過程的勇氣與思考,透過這本小說,其實我們得到的不再是虛構的安慰,而是強有力的希望,不讓下半場的人生變成呆滯而無趣的日子,就算已經中年,你還是可以跟自己的人生大聲說Hello。

304 pages, Paperback

First published December 5, 2012

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Ryū Murakami

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Ryū Murakami (村上 龍) is a Japanese novelist and filmmaker. He is not related to Haruki Murakami or Takashi Murakami.

Murakami's first work, the short novel Almost Transparent Blue, written while he was still a student, deals with promiscuity and drug use among disaffected Japanese youth. Critically acclaimed as a new style of literature, it won the newcomer's literature prize in 1976 despite some observers decrying it as decadent. Later the same year, Blue won the Akutagawa Prize, going on to become a best seller. In 1980, Murakami published the much longer novel Coin Locker Babies, again to critical acclaim.

Takashi Miike's feature film Audition (1999) was based on one of his novels. Murakami reportedly liked it so much he gave Miike his blessing to adapt Coin Locker Babies. The screen play was worked on by director Jordan Galland. However, Miike could not raise funding for the project. An adaptation directed by Michele Civetta is currently in production.

Murakami has played drums for a rock group called Coelacanth and hosted a TV talk show.

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August 20, 2022
It has been decades since I last read his book “Almost Transparent Blue.”
There are five heartwarming stories in this book and I did enjoy all of them.
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May 31, 2024
一開始想看這本書是因為蠻好奇中年後的生活是什麼模樣,想透過小說來看小人物的生活。
而且又是日本的小說,想說日本算是成為高齡化社會已久的國家,應該可以看到許多故事。

結果才看前兩篇故事就深深感到日本中產階層在中年後的生活也太慘...
存款少得可憐、沒有房子,還只能做打工性質的低薪工作。
他們原本也都是一班上班族,並不是藍領階層,但在被迫退休後卻都變成低薪的工作者。

覺得日本中產階層的人過得生活可能比很多國家的底層還差。
經濟泡沫距今三十幾年,日本沒有成長只有停滯,生活好苦😢

整本書五篇中篇小說讀完的感覺很舒服,淡淡的灰色的氛圍。
沒有激昂的情緒,有的是平淡走人生後半段旅程的心情。
老了就是這樣吧(?)
三十幾歲開始對中老年生活充滿了好奇與害怕,邊看會邊覺得最好要提早做點什麼準備。
但好像也無從預知未來會發生什麼事,能做的大概就是盡力囉~

[更新] 整理後的完整閱讀心得:
https://jujuchu.com/hello-life
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