泳ぐのに、安全でも適切でもありません [Oyogu no ni, anzen de mo tekisetsu de mo arimasen]

by Kaori Ekuni, 江國 香織

第15回（2002年） 山本周五郎賞受賞

愛を通して人生を切りとる傑作短篇集。
安全でも適切でもない人生の中で、愛にだけは躊躇わない―あるいは躊躇わなかった――10人の女たち。愛することの喜び、苦悩、不毛……。第15回山本周五郎賞受賞の傑作短篇集。(解説・山田詠美)

Genres: Fiction

227 pages, 文庫

First published March 5, 2002

About the author

Is a Japanese author, dubbed the 'female Murakami'. She is the daughter of the Haiku poet and essayist Shigeru Ekuni.

See 江國 香織.

Reviews

[Keito Takahashi · Rating 4 out of 5]

あまりに生々しすぎる恋に、セックスにまみれた女性たちの物語。または彼女らの日常の一部。

[Blake · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun to read and drags you into a few sordid lives that are actually quite captivating. Having said that, it would have been nice to see a female character who isn't completely enthralled and at the whim of her male counterpart. I felt like my mind was going in directions other than where the author was expecting, but I guess that's the fun in open-ended and sparse on details short stories. (Didn't like the last story though. Really flat note to end on.)