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私の馬
『世界から猫が消えたなら』『四月になれば彼女は』の川村元気 3 年ぶりの長篇小説！
あの瞳に射抜かれて、私は一億円盗んだ――。
言葉があふれる世界で言葉のない愛を生きる。感動の疾走エンタテインメント！
共に駆けるだけで、目と目を合わせるだけで、私たちはわかり合える。造船所で事務員として働く瀬戸口優子は、通勤途中の国道で、馬運車から逃げ出した元競走馬と運命的な出会いを果たす。「彼」の名はストラーダ。街のはずれにある乗馬クラブで「彼」に跨った優子は、誰よりも「彼」と心を通わせる感覚を味わい、その馬にのめり込んでいく。ストラーダの栄光の復活のため、優子は持てるものすべてを「彼」に注ぎ込むが、いつしか禁じられた一線を越え……。 言葉が氾濫する現代の本質を問い、わかりあえない人間たちの魂の悲喜劇を炙り出す、圧倒的な長編小説。
あの瞳に射抜かれて、私は一億円盗んだ――。
言葉があふれる世界で言葉のない愛を生きる。感動の疾走エンタテインメント！
共に駆けるだけで、目と目を合わせるだけで、私たちはわかり合える。造船所で事務員として働く瀬戸口優子は、通勤途中の国道で、馬運車から逃げ出した元競走馬と運命的な出会いを果たす。「彼」の名はストラーダ。街のはずれにある乗馬クラブで「彼」に跨った優子は、誰よりも「彼」と心を通わせる感覚を味わい、その馬にのめり込んでいく。ストラーダの栄光の復活のため、優子は持てるものすべてを「彼」に注ぎ込むが、いつしか禁じられた一線を越え……。 言葉が氾濫する現代の本質を問い、わかりあえない人間たちの魂の悲喜劇を炙り出す、圧倒的な長編小説。
- GenresFiction
160 pages, Hardcover
First published September 19, 2024
About the author
Genki Kawamura
27 books823 followersAssociated Names:
* Genki Kawamura (English)
* 川村元気 (Japanese)
* คาวามูระ เก็งกิ (Thai)
Genki Kawamura (川村元気) is a Japanese film producer, writer, screenwriter.
中文 >> 川村元氣.
Genki Kawamura is an internationally bestselling author. If Cats Disappeared from the World was his first novel and has sold over two million copies in Japan and has been translated into over fourteen different languages. His other novels are Million Dollar Man and April Come She Will. He has also written children's picture books including Tinny & The Balloon, MOOM, and Patissier Monster. Kawamura occasionally produces, directs, and writes movies, and is a showrunner. He was a producer of the blockbuster anime film Your Name, which is currently being developed into an live-action film by J. J. Abrams.
* Genki Kawamura (English)
* 川村元気 (Japanese)
* คาวามูระ เก็งกิ (Thai)
Genki Kawamura (川村元気) is a Japanese film producer, writer, screenwriter.
中文 >> 川村元氣.
Genki Kawamura is an internationally bestselling author. If Cats Disappeared from the World was his first novel and has sold over two million copies in Japan and has been translated into over fourteen different languages. His other novels are Million Dollar Man and April Come She Will. He has also written children's picture books including Tinny & The Balloon, MOOM, and Patissier Monster. Kawamura occasionally produces, directs, and writes movies, and is a showrunner. He was a producer of the blockbuster anime film Your Name, which is currently being developed into an live-action film by J. J. Abrams.
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This was so much to think about - in a good way. The Horse and I is short enough that describing much of it would probably spoil the experience, but I really appreciated the unreliable yet compelling narrator that Kawamura has crafted.
She's an incredibly lonely individual who struggles to connect to others after an incident in her once-happy childhood; despite the story being from her perspective, Yuko doesn't speak a word until near the end of the book. Her life primarily consists of working as a clerk in a shipyard, doing the finances for the shipyard's union, and doomscrolling on her phone. This changes after a chance encounter with Strada, a former racehorse who escapes on the way to his new home at a rundown riding club. He quickly becomes the center of her life, with Yuko even embezzling funds from her union to quickly buy Strada and block another rider at the club from purchasing him first.
But it isn't enough for the two to just ride together: Yuko wants to make Strada a champion - if not in racing, then as a competitive jumper - and costs to keep Strada are adding up. Yuko has to decide what she's willing to do to keep Strada and her together.
Without saying too much, this is a story about the human-animal connection and the way humans can project onto animals. How much do we know about animal feelings? What does it mean to have a silent connection with another being?
I don't think Kawamura gives readers answers to these questions, but he does give us a lot to think about and question, and especially about Yuko's perspective. A slim but thought-provoking story.
This was so much to think about - in a good way. The Horse and I is short enough that describing much of it would probably spoil the experience, but I really appreciated the unreliable yet compelling narrator that Kawamura has crafted.
She's an incredibly lonely individual who struggles to connect to others after an incident in her once-happy childhood; despite the story being from her perspective, Yuko doesn't speak a word until near the end of the book. Her life primarily consists of working as a clerk in a shipyard, doing the finances for the shipyard's union, and doomscrolling on her phone. This changes after a chance encounter with Strada, a former racehorse who escapes on the way to his new home at a rundown riding club. He quickly becomes the center of her life, with Yuko even embezzling funds from her union to quickly buy Strada and block another rider at the club from purchasing him first.
But it isn't enough for the two to just ride together: Yuko wants to make Strada a champion - if not in racing, then as a competitive jumper - and costs to keep Strada are adding up. Yuko has to decide what she's willing to do to keep Strada and her together.
Without saying too much, this is a story about the human-animal connection and the way humans can project onto animals. How much do we know about animal feelings? What does it mean to have a silent connection with another being?
I don't think Kawamura gives readers answers to these questions, but he does give us a lot to think about and question, and especially about Yuko's perspective. A slim but thought-provoking story.
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