永遠と横道世之介 下

by Shūichi Yoshida, 吉田 修一

なんでもない一日のような人だった。だからこそ失って初めて、その愛おしさを知った 　

湘南のカフェ店員に一目惚れ、相手をふり向かせたくてサーフィンを始めた「ドーミー吉祥寺の南」の下宿人谷尻くん。その恋を応援する傍らで、最愛の人二千花と過ごした日々を幾度となく反芻する世之介だった。春から夏へ。相変わらずのんびりと季節が移ろうなか、後輩カメラマンのエバと咲子カップルが新しい命を授かり、世之介は「名付け親」に指名される。ところが咲子の容態が一転し……。やがて運命の日がやってくる。大切な人に、今すぐ「好き」と伝えたくなる、心ふるえる結末へ――。「横道世之介」シリーズ堂々完結！

・三月　世之介桜　
・四月　ビッグチャンス　
・五月　恋と鎌倉と少年　
・六月　夏越しの大祓　
・七月　新しい命　
・八月　永遠と横道世之介　
十五年後　

384 pages, Paperback

Published May 26, 2023

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.