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馬戲團之夜

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在峇里島長大的沙也加,告別亡夫後,與女兒未散幸福地和公婆共同生活。某天,沙也加拆閱一封寄到婆家的神祕來信,信上寫著許多年前居住在此的女主人,曾將某件重要物品埋在屋前的扶桑樹下,如今盼望能取回,為甫過世的母親完成遺願。沙也加萬萬沒想到,寄件人竟是自己多年未見的初戀情人一郎。深藏的過去像打耳光似地突然冒出來,一郎必然也沒料到,當年不告而別的人,竟然因為母親的亡故而出現在眼前。

最愛的人,最難以面對的人,從不曾遺忘的人,再度回到生命中。是否別來無恙?當年心心相繫,為何最後卻不得不分離?暗夜籠罩著他們如置身帳篷。在命運的牽引下,再次重逢的二人,能否跨越隔闔,再不留遺憾地向彼此傳達心意?生命中最重要的事物究竟是什麼呢?

360 pages, Paperback

First published January 30, 2015

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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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November 28, 2023
在峇里島出生、成長的沙也加答應得了絕症的好朋友松崎悟的請求,和他結婚並生下女兒未散。丈夫去世後,和公婆一起住在兩代公寓(兩層樓房,樓梯在建築物外,各自有獨立的出入大門)的沙也加,有天忽然接到前男友市田一郎寫給松崎家的信。多年前市田一家曾住過現在松崎家的房子,一郎的媽媽把夭折的長子的一片骨骸埋在庭院的樹下,如今一郎媽媽過世了,身為以長子身分長大的一郎,想要把來不及長大的孿生哥哥的一部分送回母親身邊。

沙也加和一郎的「過去」是一大重點,另外,沙也加為了保護一郎媽媽自殘左手擊退入侵惡人的行徑,也是「過去」的一大癥結。反覆敘述事件造成的巨大傷害和療傷的過程,重逢後的沙也加和一郎,終於可以和年輕的自己和解,兩人的關係或許也有進一步的可能。

作者維護一貫傳統,在故事中得有親近的人死亡,不過,這回死掉的人物好像比較多一點──沙也加從事研究的父母、得絕症的丈夫阿悟;市田一郎早夭的兄長、病逝的母親。此外,也一定要有超能力的人物──觸摸物品便有感應的沙也加;峇里島的巫醫伊達‧巴格斯先生。

每回在圖書館新書欄中看到吉本芭娜娜的名字,雖然明知道第一次讀《Kichen》時的清新動人,早已變成不再感動的窠臼模式,但總抱持「再給一次機會」的念頭,又把新書借回家,然後在字裡行間再次重溫「無法領略」的失望,寫下「連把情節再講一遍都覺頭痛」的心得。

所以,吉本芭娜娜,就到此為止了?
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December 26, 2023
有好多讀了會心暖暖或鼻子暖暖的段落,常常邊讀邊覺得受到鼓勵與陪伴「原來這樣也沒關係啊~」
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