朝日のようにさわやかに [Asahi No Yōni Sawayaka Ni]

by Riku Onda, 恩田 陸

葬式帰りの中年男女四人が、居酒屋で何やら話し込んでいる。彼らは高校時代、文芸部のメンバーだった。同じ文芸部員が亡くなり、四人宛てに彼の小説原稿が遺されたからだ。しかしなぜ……（「楽園を追われて」）。ある共通イメージが連鎖して、意識の底に眠る謎めいた記憶を呼び覚ます奇妙な味わいの表題作など全14編。ジャンルを超越した色とりどりの物語世界を堪能できる秀逸な短編集。

366 pages, Paperback Bunko

First published March 1, 2007

About the author

Riku Onda (Japanese name: 恩田 陸), born in 1964, is the professional name of Nanae Kumagai. She has been writing fiction since 1991 and has won the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers, the Japan Booksellers' Award, the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel for The Aosawa Murders, the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, and the Naoki Prize. Her work has been adapted for film and television. The Aosawa Murders was her first crime novel and the first time she was translated into English. It was selected by The New York Times as a Notable Book of 2020.