たそがれ清兵衛

by Shuhei Fujisawa, 藤沢 周平

下城の太鼓が鳴ると、いそいそと家路を急ぐ、人呼んで「たそがれ清兵衛」。領内を二分する抗争をよそに、病弱な妻とひっそり暮らしてはきたものの、お家の一大事とあっては、秘めた剣が黙っちゃいない。表題作のほか、「ごますり甚内」「ど忘れ万六」「だんまり弥助」「日和見与次郎」等、その風体性格ゆえに、ふだんは侮られがちな侍たちの意外な活躍を描く、痛快で情味あふれる異色連作全八編。

Genres: Japanese Literature

290 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Shuhei Fujisawa (藤沢 周平 Fujisawa Shūhei) was a Japanese author, whose real name was Tomeji Kosuge. (小菅留治). Over fifty of his books were published through the course of his lifetime, including both full-length novels and short story anthologies. The focus of his writing was historical fiction. Before he became an author, he had been a journalist.

Over 23 million of his paperbacks have been printed. His work has been adapted for both television and film. Five recent full-length films have been based on his work.

In 1973, Fujisawa received the 69th Naoki Prize (1973) for Ansatsu no Nenrin (Annals of Assassination). He would go on to win six further literary awards, among them the Asahi Prize in 1994.

Reviews

[MIL · Rating 4 out of 5]

20160418 2nd read
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2008/07/08 1st read

看完了台灣能找到的藤澤周平作品
再對照之前看的武士三部曲
電影導演還真厲害
把短篇鋪成的那麼長
融合了許多不同的短篇
像是黃昏清兵衛的電影就把那本書的幾個短篇合在一起了
卻又不突兀
抓住了原著的韻味
看完了小說我要把電影再看一回
應該會有不同的體會吧

[Eressea · Rating 4 out of 5]

同譯者繁體版讀過兩次

[Ilovehaibara · Rating 4 out of 5]

太重复了吧，不过还是值得一读滴。

[Mousa · Rating 4 out of 5]

A life of a samurai that his wife passed away, but he refused to marry again in order to provide a good environment to his daughters and his sick mother.