莎乐美汉堡店

by Banana Yoshimoto, 吉本芭娜娜, 周阅 (Translator)

牛排汉堡店“JUJU”传承自美津子的祖父，之后由她的双亲经营，这是间带有怀旧气味的店面，店里汉堡肉饼滋滋作响，食物和气氛都让人回味。美津子美丽出众的妈妈最喜欢的漫画就是《地狱公主莎乐美》，接手汉堡店后，依照漫画里莎乐美打工的汉堡店的名字，将店名改为“JUJU”。母亲突然去世，美津子接手，和父亲一起经营汉堡店，但是她不会料理也没有信心，更没有妈妈长袖善舞。在父亲和进一的帮助下，奇妙的转变发生了，美津子也遇见了心仪的真命天子。小小的店宛如人生的缩影，有好吃的料理，聚集着平凡的人。食物也有灵魂，吃与被吃的都在向美津子传达心意。渐渐地，美津子在料理中发现了美味的秘密，也发现了莎乐美神奇的力量。

Genres: Japanese Literature

138 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

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."

Reviews

[Ally Yang · Rating 4 out of 5]

p.33 很多人說，如實活著，即使失敗了，重新再來就好。可是，如實活著，總會有某個地方受到小小的損壞，再也無法重新來過。

p.37 要讓人生簡單，並不容易。就像衝浪。海浪時時刻刻變換姿態，我們只能隨時保持平衡。即使姿勢有點扭曲，只要保持意圖，在時間中，事情會變得單純。

p.60 那些在人狀況好時四散而不想看到的小事物，在人脆弱的時候，就像牆上的斑點，輕輕浮現。

p.66 雖然那個夢想已走在不會實現的軌道上，但還是不想捨棄。

p.96 這就是戀愛啊。因為不同而喜歡，但也因為不同，所以得不到。

p.99 將來有一天會死，感覺那是完全相同的路。媽媽就在前面，是無需害怕的路。

p.109 盡是無可奈何的事情。那就是人生。

2013年8月19日

[Iras · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sunday afternoon☀️☕️ window-side treat.

A light and easy to read book.
The story is a bit cliche but it is being presented in a comfy and fresh way.
Or maybe I simply enjoy certain Japanese female values constructed by Ms Yoshimoto.

[Maggie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't feel much about the characters. just flipped through it to finish it off.

[Rose Lam · Rating 4 out of 5]

有點奇情但又出奇地讀得舒服和療癒的書，第一本吉本芭娜娜，蠻不錯