暖簾

by Toyoko Yamasaki, 山崎豐子, 邱振瑞 (Translator)

山崎豐子嶄露非凡企圖心的驚人處女作

當掀開暖簾，就是奉上無比誠信與堅持。
這是大阪商人八田吾平的故事，他對自己的商譽看得比生命還重，談生意就像追女人一樣。

來自窮鄉僻壤的小毛頭八田吾平，帶著母親身上僅有的三十五錢，一個人來到大阪。他立志要成為了不起商人，以驚人的速度，從一個打雜的學徒自立門戶開店當起老闆。

他對自己的商譽看得比生命還重，談生意就像追女人一樣，不追到手絕不甘休。他的店號聲名遠播。這樣生意興隆的店，卻在美軍的轟炸下瞬間化成了灰燼。

而自戰場返鄉的二兒子八田孝平，看到家園成了瓦礫堆，心中生起要向當初只帶著三十五錢就來到大阪的父親學習，憑靠赤手空拳奮鬥下去。

但是在到處充斥黑市交易的此時，以前父親那個時代的經商哲學已經隨著美軍的轟炸消失了，孝平只能跟隨大環境的腳步走入黑市交易的市場，伺機大顯身手。

跨越明治、大正、昭和三個時期，深度刻畫名傳千里的大阪商人形象。

208 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1957

About the author

Toyoko Yamasaki (山崎 豊子, real name Sugimoto Toyoko; 3 November 1924 – 29 September 2013) was a Japanese novelist.

A native of Osaka, Yamasaki worked as a journalist for the Mainichi Shimbun from 1945 to 1959 after graduating from Kyoto Women's University in Japanese literature. She published her first story, Noren (1957), a story of a kelp trader, based on the experiences of her family's business. The following year, she won the Naoki Prize for her second novel Hana Noren, the story about the founder of an entertainment group. A major influence on her writings of that period was Yasushi Inoue, who was deputy head of the Mainichi Shimbun's cultural news desk.

Yamasaki wrote some stories based on actual events. For example, Futatsu no Sokoku is derived from the biography of a Japanese American David Akira Itami, and Shizumanu Taiyō is based on the Japan Airlines Flight 123 accident. Several works of hers were featured in films and television dramas.

Reviews

[Muriel · Rating 4 out of 5]

大阪商人與商號，讓我再度看到日本對品質與商道的堅持，希望有一天也可以去大阪走走看看。

[mr. 阿創 · Rating 3 out of 5]

最早花登筐厚厚六大冊的《闊氣男子》使我著迷大阪船場商人的故事，山崎豐子反其道而行，只用薄薄兩百頁匆匆述說兩代興衰，效果竟然還不差，我想是船場故事太過迷人。這本書不能算是好作品，太短太薄太急是其致命傷，頂多只能看作是長篇幅的雜誌報導，然而作為山崎邁開作家之路的試磚石，這本書也早早展露了她織經編緯的天賦。