人间椅子

by Edogawa Rampo, 王华懋 (Translator)

一位有名的女性作家，收到一个沉甸甸的信封，打开看到一封很厚的书信。内容是一名椅子工匠的告白，他说曾经躲进亲自制作的豪华椅子里，最初被送到饭店，观察并接触各式各样的人，几个月后椅子易主，变为一位富裕的外交官座椅，其夫人是有名的作家，工匠爱上了作家……是一篇异想天开的猎奇小说杰作。

Genres: Japan, Fiction, Detective, China, Japanese Literature, Crime, Short Stories

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1931

About the author

Hirai Tarō (平井 太郎), better known by the pseudonym Rampo Edogawa ( 江戸川 乱歩), sometimes romanized as "Ranpo Edogawa", was a Japanese author and critic who played a major role in the development of Japanese mystery fiction.

Reviews

[Yachen Sun · Rating 2 out of 5]

想象力是在的，不过各个故事读下来感觉江户川乱步的厌女症真的爆炸

[Mylove4book]

最近不知為何，日本文學中的內斂風格常常讓我煩躁不已，東野圭吾的'假面之夜'看了一半，就快被莫名其妙的客戶至上主義擊敗、宮部美幸的新作:'這個世界的春天'中則是令人想翻白眼的謹言慎行，就在我快要無法承受日人充滿壓迫感&內縮感的文化素養時，噹噹~~~江戶川亂步:人間椅子短篇集登場!

......於是乎我又再度被日本文學擊敗。這次是墮入谷底的卑劣人性與荒腔走板的瘋子們的嘉年華，幾乎每個短篇看完都有「媽媽樂、我剛剛到底看了甚麼?」之感，然後陷入與內斂啦壓抑啦完全無關的陰鬱。陰鬱消退後又爬著回來看下一篇，然後再度陰鬱，loop。

這個不健康的循環在我看完第xx篇的'芋蟲'之後陷入了再起不能，循環暫時(?)終止。江戶川亂步到底嗑了甚麼才能寫出這種玩意?這樣教我往後如何直視、繼承大師名號的米花町死神呢?(完全離題) 就說日本人真的不要太壓抑自己嘛，壓抑過頭爆炸就成了大師這個德行(喂)

於是我也許可能搞不好會放棄這本也說不定......反正就放在我的kindle裡面, 哪天覺得精神太健康、需要修正一下的時候來看個一兩篇就好。

[Nicktimebreak · Rating 5 out of 5]

寥寥数笔就能描写出离奇的氛围、荒诞的情节、细腻的心里，这便是大师的短篇。

[Sharon · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is no exaggeration to say that, the master of short stories, Edogawa Rampo, is truly Japan's Edgar Allan Poe. His eccentric yet captivating narratives, infused with the rich atmosphere of Japanese culture, create stories so irresistible that I can’t help but crave more.

Although, to modern readers, his early works’ depiction of women often feels outdated and antiquated, perceiving them through the lens of history makes it more acceptable.

My favorite short stories include:

"Poison Weeds" – A story about a miraculous medicinal herb that leads to unexpected consequences.

"A Brute's Love" – A newlywed woman discovers that her husband’s attention is not on her, but on someone—or something—else!?

"The Traveler with the Pasted Rag Picture" – A man encounters a passenger on a train carrying a beautiful artworks of a pasted rag picture. The lifelike figures and scene might just pull an unsuspecting viewer inside.

"Doctor Mera's Mysterious Crimes" – A tale involving a monkey that triggers a series of bizarre and deadly incidents.

短篇小說大師江戶川亂步真的可以說是日本的愛倫坡而不為過吧？他古怪迷人的敘事筆法，加上富有日式風情的故事設定，總是讓我迫不及待的翻到下一頁。雖然對於現代人來說，早期作品對於女性的描寫總是那麼不盡人意又充滿年代感，但只要把其當成搭乘時光機回到過去的一次遊覽觀光，總覺得就比較不會那麼難受了。

短篇故事中最愛的有:

〈毒草〉一株具有神奇療效的藥草所引發的故事。

〈非人之戀〉女子發現婚後丈夫的注意力並非在這位新婚身上，而是另有所愛！？

〈帶著貼畫旅行的人〉男子在列車上遇見了一位帶著貼畫旅行的乘客。畫中栩栩如生的人物與場景，可能一不小心就會把觀賞者給吸進去。

〈目羅博士不可思議的犯罪〉一則關於猿猴的故事所引發的數起奇異死亡事件。

[Song Ting · Rating 5 out of 5]

Edogawa Rampo is the best thriller novel writer, period. He's able to establish a creepy and unusual atmosphere very early in each story and maintain that vibe throughout. Those were some of the creepiest and weirdest stories I've ever read. Only Rampo is able to write these. I look forward to reading more short stories by him because he's the definition of creativity.

[兀鹘 · Rating 4 out of 5]

迷人

[Janice]

So morbid. Perhaps because these morbid stories capture the twisted mental state of between-war Japan's mentality.

[Yue (Halo) Sun · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 大部分都是与《阴兽》一集中相同的选篇。但真的非常好看！尤其是最后一个木偶师的故事

[desperatez · Rating 4 out of 5]

老爷子脑洞大开啊…脑海里浮现出漫画了…（人间椅子/火星运河/镜地狱/烟虫/目罗博士不可思议的犯罪）

[Iris Norton · Rating 5 out of 5]

3.5顆星吧!稱不上什麼好看，但是必定要看一次江戶川亂步。原本一直不太敢看他的作品，看書名就害怕恐怖的劇情，但是就擺在圖書館架上，四周燈光明亮人又多，好像很安全？直接坐在圖書館看了，因為周圍有很多人保護我?其中經典的〈人間椅子〉和〈芋蟲〉真的非常特別，我滿喜歡〈人間椅子〉，故事不長而且很平舖直述，但卻讓人毛骨悚然，我一直有屁股想離開椅子，頻頻往下看，超毛的。〈帶著貼畫旅行的人〉有聊齋的味道，這則滿可愛的，然後〈阿勢登場〉、〈非人之戀〉都不錯，〈芋蟲〉真的變態又恐怖，丸尾末廣的漫畫版很接近漩渦，瞄過幾頁就很想吐，我不知道電影如何呈現，演員的扮相並不嚇人，而女主角還拿下柏林銀熊獎，但光用想的還是很想吐，就是噁心又變態但又非常赤裸真實的故事。

[Helen (they or he) · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was creepy and unsettling but I'm also a Try Guys' fan. Which means while I was reading this, I also kept remembering the video where Keith disguised himself as a chair. It was like a tug-of-war. But this story was really well done.

[Morris Yen · Rating 5 out of 5]

挺有趣的，不過，較前作稍微遜色。

[Kat · Rating 4 out of 5]

本來是來讀推理動動腦子消遣的，結果欲罷不能地自虐一場。文字中的意象極具感官刺激，讓人不適。有幾篇個人覺得過於追求獵奇，但是他的風格實在強烈，文學性很強，不是我喜歡的風格可是讓人印象深刻。這個短篇集多是以底層人物，尤其是多篇以殘疾人為主，可憐變態絕望。大師實在是擅長以極致的意象描畫殘酷的世界。特別是《煙蟲》這篇，看完情緒都不好了。可是明明不是自己喜歡的風格，還是忍不住要看下去。