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by Shūichi Yoshida, 유은경 (Translator)

レコードのA面・B面のように、ひとつのストーリーを2人の別主人公の視点で綴った短編12編。たとえば、宅配便の荷物を届けた男と受け取った男の扉をはさんだ悲喜こもごも、バーで出会った初対面の男女、それぞれに願いを叶え合おうといった男の思惑、応えた女の思惑など…。出来事や出会いが立場の違い、状況の違いでどう受けとめられるのか、言葉と言葉の裏にあるものが描かれた不思議な一冊。

176 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Shūichi Yoshida (吉田 修一) was born in Nagasaki, and studied Business Administration at Hosei University. He won the Bungakukai Prize for New Writers in 1997 for his story "Saigo no Musuko", and the Akutagawa Prize in 2002 (the fifth time he'd been nominated for the prize) for "Park Life". In 2002 he also won the Yamamoto Prize for Parade, and for winning both literary and popular prizes Yoshida was seen as a crossover writer, like Amy Yamada or Masahiko Shimada. In 2003 he wrote lyrics for the song "Great Escape" on Tomoyasu Hotei's album Doberman. His 2007 novel Villain won the Osaragi Jiro Prize and the Mainichi Publishing Culture Award, and was recently adapted into an award-winning 2010 film by Lee Sang-il.

Reviews

[Hyewon · Rating 4 out of 5]

그 짧은 글들만으로도 작가들의 필력을 느낄 수 있었다.