穴

by Hiroko Oyamada, 小山田浩子, 李俊增 (Translator)

辭去工作，搬到老公的鄉下老家的那個夏天。麻陽追著一隻前所未見的黑色野獸，途中掉進未知的洞穴裡。老公的家人、還有街坊鄰居，似乎有點詭異─在極為平凡的日常生活中，她不時瞥見另一個異樣的世界。

彷彿誤闖現實世界裡的幻想境地，突如其來的人生轉折，讓麻陽真正踏入現代社會逐漸漠然的婚姻與家族的關係裡。作者藉由一段宛如被閒置的時間，忠實檢視麻陽的感官與覺知，一幕幕流轉起伏的心理劇場裡，奇異的野獸是流竄其間的隱喻，而神秘的地穴是一個開口、一個契機，從〈穴〉的故事，一路走至〈黃鼠狼的鳴泣〉、〈雪夜〉，具體而微地回應了攸關個人存在、社會定位與群體結構之間的種種疑慮。

Genres: Fiction

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 24, 2014

About the author

Hiroko Oyamada (小山田浩子) is a Japanese author. She won the Shincho Prize for New Writers for The Factory, which was drawn from her experiences working as a temp for an automaker’s subsidiary. Her following novel, The Hole, won the Akutagawa Prize.

Reviews

[Natasha Kareeva · Rating 4 out of 5]

Коротенькая и миленькая история

[Maeva 🌷 · Rating 4 out of 5]

The writing was really good! I enjoyed how her feeling of isolation were conveyed and how gender roles of Japanese society were a recurring theme. I loved the ending.

[david irles · Rating 4 out of 5]

Una Alicia en el País de las Maravillas, pero sin necesidad de viajar a ningún otro mundo, sino que desde que la protagonista cae al agujero empieza a advertir lo bizarro de nuestra propia realidad.

[Yukari Peerless · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really enjoyed this. I also loved the two short stories included in the book. I think I found a new favourite author.

[Liam Anthony · Rating 3 out of 5]

あさちゃんの退屈が私にも感じられたまま

[Gurglovt · Rating 4 out of 5]

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