祈念之樹：守護之心

Camphor #2

by Keigo Higashino, 東野圭吾, 王蘊潔 (Translator)

人們的心，就是最大最大的待解之謎⋯⋯

高中女學生佑紀奈來到月鄉神社，想要在此寄賣她自製的詩集，以幫助家計；負責管理神社的直井玲斗雖然無奈，但仍然答應。不久後，一名落魄男子沒有付款，便拿走了詩集；男子表示自己真的沒有錢，佑紀奈得知後，便和男子以寫下讀後感作為交換。玲斗本以為這不過是日常小事，不料數日後警方竟然上門，並在神社內四處搜查，還找出與某起重大刑案相關的物證，而這一切，都和那名手握詩集的男子有關⋯⋯

樟樹有什麼力量呢？
　　◎重現已經失傳、只留存在記憶中的味道？
　　◎寄存最珍貴、絕對不想忘記的美好記憶？
　　◎不允許未經同意，讀取他人的秘密？

Genres: Japanese Literature, Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery

352 pages, Paperback

First published May 23, 2024

About the author

Associated Names:
* Keigo Higashino
* 東野 圭吾 (Japanese)
* 東野圭吾 (Traditional Chinese)
* ฮิงาชิโนะ เคโงะ (Thai)


Keigo Higashino (東野 圭吾) is one of the most popular and biggest selling fiction authors in Japan—as well known as James Patterson, Dean Koontz or Tom Clancy are in the USA.

Born in Osaka, he started writing novels while still working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co.　(presently DENSO). He won the Edogawa Rampo Prize, which is awarded annually to the finest mystery work, in 1985 for the novel Hōkago (After School) at age 27. Subsequently, he quit his job and started a career as a writer in Tokyo.

In 1999, he won the Mystery Writers of Japan Inc award for the novel Himitsu (The Secret), which was translated into English by Kerim Yasar and published by Vertical under the title of Naoko in 2004. In 2006, he won the 134th Naoki Prize for Yōgisha X no Kenshin. His novels had been nominated five times before winning with this novel.

The Devotion of Suspect X was the second highest selling book in all of Japan— fiction or nonfiction—the year it was published, with over 800,000 copies sold. It won the prestigious Naoki Prize for Best Novel— the Japanese equivalent of the National Book Award and the Man Booker Prize. Made into a motion picture in Japan, The Devotion of Suspect X spent 4 weeks at the top of the box office and was the third highest‐grossing film of the year.

Higashino’s novels have more movie and TV series adaptations than Tom Clancy or Robert Ludlum, and as many as Michael Crichton.

Reviews

[Mook Woramon · Rating 5 out of 5]

ยังคงความเนิบนาบ ฟีลกู๊ด อบอุ่นใจไม่แพ้เล่มแรก

ใจความหลักเล่มนี้เน้นการมีความสุขกับปัจจุบัน ลดความกังวลอนาคตที่ยังมาไม่ถึง โดยเล่าผ่านชีวิตของคนที่เริ่มความจำเสื่อม
อนาคตช่างน่าหวาดหวั่นเมื่อรู้ว่าเราจะลืมเลือนทุกอย่างหมดสิ้น หวาดกลัวจนไม่อาจมีความสุขกับปัจจุบันเพราะรู้ว่าสักวันต้องหลงลืม
สุดท้าย ไม่อาจมีความสุขกับช่วงเวลาใดได้เลย 😢😢

เล่มนี้มีพัฒนาการหลายอย่าง
เรโตะโตขึ้น ดูเป็นคนพึ่งพาได้ จิตใจดี ชอบยุ่งเรื่องชาวบ้าน สมกับหน้าที่ ผู้พิทักษ์ต้นการบูร‘ ไม่เสียแรงที่คุณป้าจิฟุเนะคอยสั่งสอน และค้นพบความสามารถพิเศษของต้นการบูร ถ่ายทอดได้ทั้งรูป รส กลิ่น เสียง ช่วยไขคดีก็ยังได้ 😂😂

อยากให้มีภาคต่อต้นการบูรไปเรื่อย ๆ วอนอาจารย์เคโงะรับเรื่องด้วย 😜😜

[Kat Sira · Rating 5 out of 5]

เป็นหนังสือที่ดีมากๆค่ะ อ่านแล้วจิตใจสงบดี อยากอ่านต่อไปเรื่อยๆ จบดี

[Indy · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great, heartwarming sequel with a touching ending.

[Varasorn Kitchamnong · Rating 4 out of 5]

จำภาคแรกไม่ค่อยได้ ส่วนภาคนี้แรกๆเป็นแบบอ่านได้เรื่อยๆ ไม่น่าเบื่อ แต่ก็ไม่ได้ว้าวมาก แต่ถึงตอนใกล้ๆจบก็…โอเค โดนอีกแล้ว ประทับใจ

[Stephen Nguyen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Khi đang quét dọn ở đền Tsukisato, Reito – người gác cây long não của đền – gặp ba chị em Hayakawa Yukina đến xin phép đặt một cuốn thi tập tự làm tại đây. Cuốn sách do Yukina và Motoya cùng thực hiện, lấy cảm hứng từ chính cây long não mà Reito có trách nhiệm trông coi. Anh đọc và đánh giá cao tác phẩm của hai em. Từ đó, mấy chị em thường xuyên đến đền để chỉnh sửa và hoàn thiện truyện, đồng thời chuẩn bị cho một buổi giới thiệu nhỏ.

Motoya mắc bệnh về não khiến trí nhớ không ổn định, phải ghi chép và vẽ lại để lưu giữ những điều quan trọng. Việc cùng Yukina sáng tác truyện trở thành khoảng thời gian đặc biệt quan trọng đối với cậu. Trong khi đó, Reito đang sống cùng bác Chifune – người mắc chứng suy giảm nhận thức nhẹ, thỉnh thoảng mất một phần ký ức và phải ghi chép sinh hoạt hằng ngày để tránh quên. Vấn đề ký ức và sự ghi nhớ vì thế xuất hiện rõ nét ngay từ phần đầu truyện, gắn với cả trẻ nhỏ lẫn người lớn tuổi.

Song song với tuyến sinh hoạt ở đền là một vụ án hình sự: Một người đàn ông tên Kumeda Kosaku bị bắt vì đột nhập và trộm cắp, nhưng ông phủ nhận việc đã tấn công nạn nhân. Trong quá trình điều tra, cảnh sát nhận thấy lời khai có điểm chưa rõ ràng và nghi ngờ có khả năng còn người khác liên quan. Với vai trò người gác cây long não và có liên hệ với một số nhân vật xung quanh, Reito cũng bị hỏi chuyện và dần bị cuốn vào diễn biến của cuộc điều tra…

Tác phẩm có một vụ án hành hung trộm tiền làm trục chính. Tuy nhiên, trọng tâm không nằm ở việc truy tìm hung thủ theo kiểu suy luận logic thuần túy, mà ở động cơ, hoàn cảnh và tâm lý của các nhân vật liên quan.

Chính xác hơn đây là quyển sách thuộc thể loại healing fiction. Nhịp kể chậm, tập trung vào đối thoại và cảm xúc. Nhân vật tìm được sự an ủi không phải nhờ phép màu, mà nhờ kết nối con người. Tác phẩm không phủ nhận nỗi đau, nhưng luôn mở ra khả năng được nâng đỡ.

Cảm giác của mình khi đọc quyển này rất là thư thái. Tác giả lồng ghép hài hòa yếu tố như trinh thám để tăng độ kịch tính, yếu tố tâm linh để tạo không khí nhiệm màu, nhưng điều thu hút mình lại là yếu tố tâm lý xã hội và những thông điệp tích cực xuyên suốt quá trình đọc. Chủ đề xuyên suốt là ký ức và tương lai, là niềm trăn trở của các nhân vật chính mà cũng là câu hỏi cho độc giả ngẩm nghĩ.

Ở cuốn này mình thấy cách kể chuyện gọn gàng, có sự tiến triển rõ, từng nhân vật có vấn đề riêng nhưng hòa hợp trong câu chuyện chung. Thông điệp có lẽ không mới nhưng thể hiện qua câu truyện giàu cảm xúc thì người đọc vẫn có thể đồng cảm.

[niyada waiyaburi · Rating 4 out of 5]

อ่านค้างไว้นานหลายเดือนพอกลับมาอ่านอีกทีจำช่วงที่อ่านไปแล้วไม่ค่อยได้ เหมือนจะเนือยๆช่วยแรกหรือเปล่าเราเลยไม่ได้อ่านต่อเนื่องจนจบ แต่พอกลับมาอ่านอีกทีปรากฏว่าสนุกน่าติดตามอ่านจบภายใน 3 วัน ภาคนี้มีตัวละครเด็กชายโมโตยะเพิ่มมาเป็นสีสัน แต่ก็เศร้ากับตอนจบ เรื่องสอนให้เราใช้ชีวิตกับปัจจุบัน "จงสำนึกและขอบคุณที่ยังมีตัวตนในตอนนี้ เลิกสนใจอดีตและเลิกกังวลกับอนาคต"
การคิดอะไรต่างๆนานาเกี่ยวกับอนาคตคือเรื่องโงเขลา สิ่งสำคัญคือการรู้สึกได้ว่าตนมีความสุขมากพอแล้วในขณะกำลังมีชีวิต
เราให้ 4.5

[Loundraw · Rating 4 out of 5]

Melanjutkan kisah Reito di buku pertama sebagai penjaga pohon kamper, kali ini ia dihadapkan dengan kenyataan terburuk bahwa bibinya Chifune mengidap demensia. Di lain sisi ada anak yang mengidap penyakit serupa tapi bedanya setiap ia tidur ingatan di hari sebelumnya akan hilang.

Ya singkatnya begitulah kurang lebih mirip sama cerita pertama dimana si mc bantu memecahkan masalah yang berhubungan sama kuilnya. Kali ini engga berekspektasi tinggi lagi soal bukunya, ternyata benar bahkan judulnya ga begitu nyambung sama isinya.

[Kishibe · Rating 4 out of 5]

รสชาติแตกต่างจากเล่นแรกพอสมควรเลย
เริ่มเรื่องมาก็ไม่ต้องมีน้ำอะไร ไปเร็ว ไม่ซับซ้อนและเราจะได้เห็นเรโตะที่เติบโตขึ้น
พร้อมความคิดที่ชาญฉลาดในการแก้ไขสถานะการณ์ในเรื่อง
โดยรวมชอบหลายอย่างในเล่มนี้ แต่ก็มีบางจุดที่ชอบเล่มแรกมากกว่าเหมือนกัน

[Amita Mpch · Rating 3 out of 5]

อ.เคโงะยังคงแต่งเนื้อเรื่องธรรมดาให้มีความลึกซึ้งได้เก่งเหมือนเดิม รอบนี้ตัวละครใหม่น่ารักมาก ส่วนตัวละครหลักอย่างจิฟุเนะก็ซึ้งกินใจ แต่ส่วนตัวชอบเล่มแรกมากกว่า

[Davis West · Rating 5 out of 5]

A surprising improvement of a sequel on an already iconic first book, "Megami" focuses more on Ryūto's relationship with Chifune and on growth. Having matured into the job at Tsukisato, Ryūto has grown significantly and begins to carry the will of the Camphorwood to help others. The wholesome brotherly relationship between Ryūto and Motoya, Chifune's bittersweet fate, and the group effort to bring a children's book to life all make for a calm, heartwarming, yet persuading page-turner.

Though not typically a fan of mystery as a genre, this book becomes intwined with a hint of it, while keeping the thread of a day-in-the-life vibe that made the first book "Bannin" so enjoyable. This book hit me where I least expected it, and it made me cry harder than I had reading any book prior.

[Vicky Liu · Rating 4 out of 5]

東野圭吾的書還是很好看❤️
閱讀體驗很順暢，內容也很溫暖。

小朋友們一起完成夢想的過程很讓人窩心，只是一個刑警一直很突兀的出現，讓我感覺很奇怪。

樟樹還能讓人體現料理的滋味，真的很神奇～
看到一家人因為這樣而聚在一起，很感動。

[Percy Yue · Rating 4 out of 5]

東野窩心系列，在今時今日全球政經不穩，人心虛怯，有醍醐灌頂的意義。諗咁多都無用：

「女神對他說，你現在應該知道了，無論經過多少年，即使已經踏入未來，人永遠都在徬徨，永遠都在尋找生命的道路，永遠無法消除對未來的不安。不是只有你而已，每個人都一樣，但是沒有關係，因為人類有比瞭解未來更重要的事，男孩問女神，什麼事比未來更重要？女神就回答說，比瞭解未來更重要的事，就是現在如何活著。你活在這一刻，或許無法豐衣足食，但是你活著。或許你受疾病折磨，但是你活著。你有食物可以吃，有睡覺的地方，可以做夢。你認為這是拜誰所賜呢？是靠自己一個人的努力嗎？」

「只要活在世上，你就必須感謝所有這一切。你不需要回顧昨天之前的事。後悔當時應該這樣做，應該那樣選擇，這都毫無意義，這些事已經過去了。同樣的，也不需要為明天之後的事擔憂，思考以後會變成什麼樣，以後該怎樣做同樣沒有意義。明天的事還沒有發生，重要是此時此刻。只要你在當下能夠擁有健全的心，你就是幸福的。你要為自己能夠活在當下心存感恩，心存感謝，於是，你就不會在意昨天之前的事，也不會為明天之後的事感到不安了。」

「未來根本不重要，重要的是現在，只要和自己喜歡的人在一起，能夠真切地感受到自己活著，就已經很幸福了。」

[be2la · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5/5

一如以往的高質之作——一開始一眾人物看似毫不相干，突然間就串連起來的感覺是我對東野圭吾的作品欲罷不能的原因之一。故事續上集《祈念之樹》，鈴斗擔任神社中的樟樹守護者，以及千舟努力與輕度認知障礙搏鬥。本集視線從祈念的信徒身上拉遠，放到神社的訪客身上：在神社寄賣市集的佑紀奈、不給錢就拿走詩集及後又身涉刑案的男人、身患頑疾時日無多的元哉、和他的父母。雖然全書以犯罪推動情節，但輕推理重情感（和一點的魔幻／超自然元素），和《解憂雜貨店》體裁類似。

本書後半部分的重心押在繪本的製作，不斷推高期待，以至於最後看到內容的時候覺得有點失望，嫌説教味過濃，反而未能感動到我。

[Maya Liang · Rating 4 out of 5]

很久沒讀東野圭吾的書了。
看了這本覺得他還是很厲害，不是情節有多精彩或離奇的那種，而是用很平實、平順的方式訴說一個故事。
這樣就是很棒的小就家。