청과 부동명왕

三島屋変調百物語 #9

by Miyuki Miyabe, 미야베 미유키

아이를 갖지 못해 쫓겨난 여자. 자식을 잃은 죄를 뒤집어쓰고 이혼당한 여자. 심한 시집살이에 소처럼 부려먹히다 도망친 여자. 살던 곳에서 쫓겨나고 죽어서도 들어갈 무덤조차 없는 여자……, 갈 곳 없고 의지할 곳 없는 여자들이 오랫동안 사람이 살지 않아 황폐해진 절 동천암으로 모여든다. 그리하여 서로 돕고 의지하며 절터의 생활을 꾸려가던 어느 날 절 앞에 만든 텃밭에서 밭일을 하다가 땅 속에 묻혀 있던 부동명왕 상을 발견하는데...

488 pages, Paperback

First published July 28, 2023

About the author

See also 宮部 みゆき (Japanese language profile) and 宮部美幸 (Chinese language profile).

Miyuki Miyabe (宮部みゆき Miyabe Miyuki) is a popular contemporary Japanese author active in a number of genres including science fiction, mystery fiction, historical fiction, social commentary, and juvenile fiction.
Miyabe started writing novels at the age of 23. She has been a prolific writer, publishing dozens of novels and winning many major literary prizes, including the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize in 1993 for Kasha and the Naoki Prize in 1998 for Riyū [The Reason] (理由). A Japanese film adaptation of Riyû, directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, was released in 2004.