内容简介
“要是有一个秘密花园,里面只允许我们这样的,不需要闪闪发光,只希望生活在自己的小小世界的人,只允许这样的人进入就好了。”
六个短篇,六位女性,六段非典型的人生片段。
芥川奖作家青山七惠,关于内向者的短篇集,直击人际关系的微妙距离感!
日本新锐女作家青山七惠的短篇小说集。讲述了《蓝色夏威夷》《龙年》《圣尼古拉斯日》等六篇以女性为主人公的故事。
从大城市回到家乡小镇的优子非常失意,曾经当过老师的她目前在当地的一家玩偶制作公司打零工,日子沉闷平淡。一次偶然的机会,优子中了夏威夷旅行的大奖,这让她重新对生活有了希望。可是公司里面热爱管闲事的大婶们却误以为优子会和公司的一个男同事一起去旅行。这种气氛宛若泥淖困住了不善言辞的优子,更让优子不知所措的是,一名自己曾经教过的学生出现在眼前……
作者简介
青山七惠(1983—)
日本新锐小说家。2005年凭借小说处女作《窗灯》获第42届日本文艺奖,在文学界崭露头角。2007年以《一个人的好天气》获得第136届芥川龙之介奖。2009年以《碎片》获得第35届川端康成文学奖。2012年任群像文学新人奖评委。近作有长篇小说《快乐》《命运的长线》,短篇集《风》《跳舞的星座》《蓝色夏威夷》等。
Content introduction
"If only there were a secret garden where only people like us, who don't need glitter, who just want to live in their own little world, were allowed in."
Six short stories, six women, six atypical moments from their lives.
Akutagawa Award winning writer Ichikui Aoyama, with a collection of short stories about introverts, tackles the subtle distance of human relationships!
A collection of short stories by the new Japanese female writer Ichikui Aoyama. It tells six stories with women as the main characters, including Blue Hawaii, Year of the Dragon and St. Nicholas Day.
Yuko, a former teacher, is frustrated when she returns from the big city to her hometown. She is now doing odd jobs at a local doll-making company. By chance, Yuko wins the grand prize of a trip to Hawaii, which gives her hope for life again. However, the nosy aunts in the office mistakenly think that Yuko will travel with a male colleague from the company. This atmosphere is like a mud trapped not good at words Yuko, more let Yuko at a loss is that a student he once taught appeared in front of him...
About the author
Ichiki Aoyama (1983 -)
Japanese new novelist. In 2005, he won the 42nd Japan Literary Award for his debut novel "Window Light" and made his mark in the literary world. In 2007, he won the 136th Ryunosuke Akutagawa Award for "Good Weather for One". In 2009, he won the 35th Kawabata Yasunari Literature Prize for "Fragments". In 2012, he was appointed as a jury member of the Group Image Literature New Talent Award. His recent novels include "Happiness", "Long Line of Fate", and short collections "Wind", "Dancing Constellation" and "Blue Hawaii".