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椿山课长还魂记
《椿山课长还魂记》主要内容：46岁的椿山课长从开满纯白娑罗花的路上来到“中阴界公所”。他颇费脑筋才搞明白，自己在如火如茶的百货公司夏季大特卖活动中过劳而死。一，个典型的工作狂，死后依然烦恼着房贷，记挂着妻儿和失智的老爸，他不肯按下忏悔“邪淫之罪”的按钮，不甘心这样遗憾地往生极乐世界。经过特别申诉，椿山获准使用“人间特别遣返设施”，但必须严格遵守时间限制、禁止复仇、隐藏真实身份这三个为难的规定。
猝死的欧吉桑不得已借由绝世妙女郎的姿态复活，携着有求必应的神奇“苏醒工具包”，椿山重返人间。意外、尴尬、风波接踵而来，他最亲近的人居然都藏着不能说的秘密……
与此同时，一个被领养的小孩，死后想向亲生父母说声谢谢；一个被误杀的黑社会老大，放心不下跟随自己的小弟。三个看似生前毫无瓜葛的人，却因有了三日的额外人生，引发了种种诙谐动人的情节，也揭开了不能言说的秘密。他们借由别人的身体，聆听自己不知道的另一个人生。他们将如何完成各自的心愿，向最亲最爱的人做最后的告别？
猝死的欧吉桑不得已借由绝世妙女郎的姿态复活，携着有求必应的神奇“苏醒工具包”，椿山重返人间。意外、尴尬、风波接踵而来，他最亲近的人居然都藏着不能说的秘密……
与此同时，一个被领养的小孩，死后想向亲生父母说声谢谢；一个被误杀的黑社会老大，放心不下跟随自己的小弟。三个看似生前毫无瓜葛的人，却因有了三日的额外人生，引发了种种诙谐动人的情节，也揭开了不能言说的秘密。他们借由别人的身体，聆听自己不知道的另一个人生。他们将如何完成各自的心愿，向最亲最爱的人做最后的告别？
- GenresFiction
First published September 1, 2002
About the author
Jirō Asada
233 books27 followersJirō Asada (浅田 次郎, born December 13, 1951 in Tokyo) is the pen name of Kōjirō Iwato (岩戸 康次郎), a Japanese writer.
Inspired by Yukio Mishima, who tried to stage a coup d'état among Japan Self-Defense Forces then committed suicide after the coup was failed, Asada enlisted in the SDF after finishing his studies. He changed jobs many times while endeavoring to find writing opportunities, submitting his works to literary competitions.
In 1991, his novel Torarete tamaruka! (とられてたまるか!) started his literary career. After writing several picaresque novels, his novel Metro ni notte (地下鉄に乗って) was awarded the Eiji Yoshikawa Prize for New Writers and made into a 2006 film; a short story collection The Stationmaster and other stories (Poppoya (鉄道員)) was also awarded the Naoki Prize.
He writes not only standard fiction and picaresque novels, but also writes historical and Chinese historical novels such as The Firmament of the Pleiades (Sōkyū no subaru, 蒼穹の昴).
Inspired by Yukio Mishima, who tried to stage a coup d'état among Japan Self-Defense Forces then committed suicide after the coup was failed, Asada enlisted in the SDF after finishing his studies. He changed jobs many times while endeavoring to find writing opportunities, submitting his works to literary competitions.
In 1991, his novel Torarete tamaruka! (とられてたまるか!) started his literary career. After writing several picaresque novels, his novel Metro ni notte (地下鉄に乗って) was awarded the Eiji Yoshikawa Prize for New Writers and made into a 2006 film; a short story collection The Stationmaster and other stories (Poppoya (鉄道員)) was also awarded the Naoki Prize.
He writes not only standard fiction and picaresque novels, but also writes historical and Chinese historical novels such as The Firmament of the Pleiades (Sōkyū no subaru, 蒼穹の昴).
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May 16, 2010
Frivolous--
As a comedy, it's not as good as The Prison Hotel or Kinpika. The concept of coming back to life for three days to take care of unfinished business is interesting, but I felt a lot of the comic material has been recycled from his earlier works (such as his mahjong analogies, the upright yakuza characters, and so forth).
The part about how everyone, including murderers, can go to heaven with a push of a button made me angry. Also irritating was how the two Buddha-like figures go to hell.
Overall, it read like a recycled, shoddy work he wrote without much purpose in mind. There are a few deep messages about human death but the general impression of the book is: frivolous.
As a comedy, it's not as good as The Prison Hotel or Kinpika. The concept of coming back to life for three days to take care of unfinished business is interesting, but I felt a lot of the comic material has been recycled from his earlier works (such as his mahjong analogies, the upright yakuza characters, and so forth).
The part about how everyone, including murderers, can go to heaven with a push of a button made me angry. Also irritating was how the two Buddha-like figures go to hell.
Overall, it read like a recycled, shoddy work he wrote without much purpose in mind. There are a few deep messages about human death but the general impression of the book is: frivolous.
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