ダメな女

by Ryū Murakami, 村上龍

今、決断を迫られる機会が多いのは女のほうだと思う。結婚か仕事かという単純な選択でも、それは世界共通の重大な決断となる。女のほうがより普遍的な悩みを抱えている。だから、普通に生きていれば、ダメな女という種族は日本には存在しないことになる。（本文より）
　それでも存在するダメな女たち。「わたしのことかも知れない……」そう悩むあなたのためのエッセイ集。

221 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Ryū Murakami (村上 龍) is a Japanese novelist and filmmaker. He is not related to Haruki Murakami or Takashi Murakami.

Murakami's first work, the short novel Almost Transparent Blue, written while he was still a student, deals with promiscuity and drug use among disaffected Japanese youth. Critically acclaimed as a new style of literature, it won the newcomer's literature prize in 1976 despite some observers decrying it as decadent. Later the same year, Blue won the Akutagawa Prize, going on to become a best seller. In 1980, Murakami published the much longer novel Coin Locker Babies, again to critical acclaim.

Takashi Miike's feature film Audition (1999) was based on one of his novels. Murakami reportedly liked it so much he gave Miike his blessing to adapt Coin Locker Babies. The screen play was worked on by director Jordan Galland. However, Miike could not raise funding for the project. An adaptation directed by Michele Civetta is currently in production.

Murakami has played drums for a rock group called Coelacanth and hosted a TV talk show.