追逐白晝之月

by Riku Onda, 恩田陸, 周若珍 (Translator)

　　為了尋找一名失蹤男子，兩個女人的奈良之旅就此展開……而我卻在這趟旅程中，成了故事中的主角……恩田的作品帶有一股力量，會令從事影像工作者，湧起想要拍攝的衝動。讀者會不由自主地想唸出那些字句、想要從書中設定的場景解放書中人物，同時也會令人想實際去走訪。

　　同父異母的哥哥研吾，在奈良失蹤了……與我僅有兩面之緣的哥哥女友，邀我一同前往尋找。早春的橿原神宮、藤原京遺跡、今井、明日香……。隨著旅程的進行，事實也逐一明朗。這一切究竟是真？是假？旅行及故事的終點為何？這是一部通往恩田世界的神秘公路小說。 人與人的關係永遠是善變的，彼此之間的信賴，在轉瞬間就化為雲煙，緊接著而來的竟成了一連串的猜忌！有些話無法對自己最親近的人說出口，卻可以在剛認識的人面前侃侃而談，而眼前的這個人到底是朋友，或者是加害者？有時候連你自己也說不明白！在一連串的謎團、衝突與死亡之後，書中人物是否更清楚了整個事態的全貌？或許……

368 pages, Paperback

First published September 11, 2003

About the author

Riku Onda (Japanese name: 恩田 陸), born in 1964, is the professional name of Nanae Kumagai. She has been writing fiction since 1991 and has won the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers, the Japan Booksellers' Award, the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel for The Aosawa Murders, the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, and the Naoki Prize. Her work has been adapted for film and television. The Aosawa Murders was her first crime novel and the first time she was translated into English. It was selected by The New York Times as a Notable Book of 2020.