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授乳

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受験を控えた私の元にやってきた家庭教師の「先生」。授業は週に2回。火曜に数学、金曜に英語。私を苛立たせる母と思春期の女の子を逆上させる要素を少しだけ持つ父。その家の中で私と先生は何かを共有し、この部屋だけの特別な空気を閉じ込めたはずだった。「―ねえ、ゲームしようよ」。表題作他2編。

240 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2005

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Sayaka Murata

40 books8,907 followers
Sayaka Murata (in Japanese, 村田 沙耶香) is one of the most exciting up-and-coming writers in Japan today.
She herself still works part time in a convenience store, which gave her the inspiration to write Convenience Store Woman (Konbini Ningen). She debuted in 2003 with Junyu (Breastfeeding), which won the Gunzo Prize for new writers. In 2009 she won the Noma Prize for New Writers with Gin iro no uta (Silver Song), and in 2013 the Mishima Yukio Prize for Shiro-oro no machi no, sono hone no taion no (Of Bones, of Body Heat, of Whitening City). Convenience Store Woman won the 2016 Akutagawa Award. Murata has two short stories published in English (both translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori): "Lover on the Breeze" (Ruptured Fiction(s) of the Earthquake, Waseda Bungaku, 2011) and "A Clean Marriage" (Granta 127: Japan, 2014).

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Author 105 books325 followers
May 30, 2023
I don’t say it lightly, nor I like this word: genius. But Sayaka Murata is a genius. Nobody writes like or thinks like she does PERIOD.
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207 reviews3 followers
February 6, 2025
The first two stories 「授乳」and 「コイビト」are easy enough to read in Japanese (N2 level) and are unlike anything I’ve ever read before. They both focus on women, childhood trauma, and their effects on sexuality through a feminist lens. Both of these stories read so powerfully and are easily considered favorites of mine among her short stories.

Sometimes the narratives droned on a bit, which makes appreciate how snappy Murata’s writing has gotten over the years. Additionally, the third story was a bit harder to understand for me, so I think I’ll have to return to it later on when my comprehension improves. For now, I can’t comment on it.
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50 reviews
June 5, 2025
村田沙耶香らしい、不気味で、どこか理屈を超えた短編集。

どの話も「普通」の皮を被った狂気がじわじわと染み出してきて、生理的に拒否反応が出そうな瞬間もあるのに、ページを捲る手が止まらない。表題作「授乳」では、少女が家庭教師を支配し、まるで母親役を演じるような歪んだ関係が描かれる。読みながら、何度も「これはさすがにないだろう」と思いつつ、現実にも潜んでいそうな気配にゾクっとした。

一番印象に残ったのは「御伽の部屋」。理想像を演じさせるという奇妙な関係性の中に、他人への期待と依存の怖さが詰まっていた。

村田作品は、頭で理解しようとすると苦しくなる。でも、感覚で受け止めると、なぜか妙に納得してしまう不思議な読書体験になる。この人の「気持ち悪さ」は、読み手の中にある無意識を丁寧にすくい取ってくる。

🇺🇸 「True to Sayaka Murata’s style, this is a collection of unsettling and somehow senseless short stories.

Each story oozes a quiet madness beneath the skin of “normalcy.” At times I felt a physical sense of discomfort, but still couldn’t stop turning the pages. In the title story Breastfeeding, a schoolgirl takes control of her timid tutor, almost playing the role of a mother in a warped relationship. I kept thinking, “Surely this wouldn’t happen,” but something about it still felt frighteningly possible.

The story that stuck with me the most was Otogi no Heya (The Fairytale Room), where one character forces another to perform an ideal version of himself. It left me feeling the deep fear of dependence and projecting expectations onto others.

Murata’s stories are hard to understand rationally. But if you read them emotionally, they somehow make sense. Her “disgusting beauty” seems to scoop out the things we’ve buried in our subconscious.」
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66 reviews
January 2, 2024
村田沙耶香ほど感想に何を書いたらいいのかわからなくなる本はない。もはや他人の感想を見ないと言葉が出てこない。私はもちろんセックスを恋人とするが、その行為は昔から神聖なものと捉えている。だから好きな人、決まった人としかしたくない。他人の性欲を目の当たりにすると気持ち悪いとも思う。3つの話の共通点は女としての性。3番目の話が一番胸糞悪っかたかもしれない。1作目と2作目は子供が性に目覚めた大人のような行動をとっていて気持ち悪かった。自分の女性像がなにかはわからないが村田沙耶香がおもっている女性像と違うのは確か。読んでて精神的に疲れる。
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January 13, 2025
どの話も読んでいて気持ちのいいものではないけれど、不思議とすらすら読める。自分の世界とは異なる世界を覗いてしまったようで、どうなってしまうのか先が読めず、でもいい方向には進まない気がしてハラハラした。
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