Road

by Shūichi Yoshida

Paperback. Pub Date :2013-09-13 392 Traditional Chinese Linking Japanese-selling author Shuichi Yoshida latest masterpiece! Taiwanese-Japanese joint construction of high-speed rail in the title. sounds quiet and move people to write four stories of four men four seemingly unrelated life. but around the high-speed railway construction project and woven into a tight-knit network with meticulous construction of high-speed rail travel. the hero who also slowly to find their own direction in life in the book not only vivid. in-depth description of Taiwan's society human life and food. the scenery around Taiwan. Yoshida pen is also a vivid Taipei alleys The variety of food and beverage outlets. a guava field Yanchao Township. Kaohsiung. Hualien Taroko valley views. all in the pen Yoshida four men live up four lines. the introduction of the day to see ho...

Genres: Novels, Japanese Literature

Paperback

First published November 21, 2012

About the author

Shūichi Yoshida (吉田 修一) was born in Nagasaki, and studied Business Administration at Hosei University. He won the Bungakukai Prize for New Writers in 1997 for his story "Saigo no Musuko", and the Akutagawa Prize in 2002 (the fifth time he'd been nominated for the prize) for "Park Life". In 2002 he also won the Yamamoto Prize for Parade, and for winning both literary and popular prizes Yoshida was seen as a crossover writer, like Amy Yamada or Masahiko Shimada. In 2003 he wrote lyrics for the song "Great Escape" on Tomoyasu Hotei's album Doberman. His 2007 novel Villain won the Osaragi Jiro Prize and the Mainichi Publishing Culture Award, and was recently adapted into an award-winning 2010 film by Lee Sang-il.

Reviews

[Kazue Evans · Rating 5 out of 5]

An amazing story of work, love, friendship, set in Taiwan and Japan.

台湾の人が日本を思う気持ちと比べると、日本人が台湾のこと（台湾と中国のこと）を知ろうとする気持ちは、あまりにお粗末としかいいようがない。

私もこの文に表現されるような台湾に関心のない日本人の一人だった。台湾に新幹線が走っていることすら知らなかった。この小説を読んで台湾のことを少し知ることができてよかったと思う。

この小説の魅力は台湾に関する洞察だけじゃない。登場人物が非常に正直に自分自身と向き合い、それぞれが抱える問題を解決していく過程がすごく良かった。（それにしても、春香と人豪の結末には驚かされた。）

本当に読んでよかった！

[Charing Szeto · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not his best novel
Great attempt at writing a cross country intricate story
But all little stories just fall short here and there
The ending is satisfying though
The middle drags on like forever for no particular reason, no development on the characters whatsoever, which was very regrettable

[ALU4 · Rating 5 out of 5]

このドキュメンタリーを思い出した
https://youtu.be/GvtpVtyuWrk?si=Oaryc...

去年日亞黑五活動買的，最近看GGO有點膩了，想說換個口味才來看這本
有的描述真得有抓到台日差異，像是不自炊都外食、跟家人一起在早餐店用餐

關於工作預定行程的看法也很有趣，日本跟台灣、其他國家的看法不太一樣

「台湾の人が日本を思う気持ちと比べると、日本人が台湾のこと（台湾と中国のこと）を知ろうとする気持ちは、あまりにお粗末としかいいようがない。」

[Ally Yang · Rating 4 out of 5]

【taaze 訂120 -得78】