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私たち、ピョコルンに、全部捨てられるようになりましたよね。
性欲を。出産を。育児を。介護を。人生の時間を食いつぶす、あらゆる雑務を。
14年前、「リセット」を経験した人類は混乱の最中にあった。
しかしラロロリン人の考えた「人間リサイクルシステム」がうまく機能し、やがて社会は再生を迎える。
そして49歳になった空子は「クリーンな人」として、美しく優しい世界を生きている。生まれ育った街「クリーン・タウン」の実家に戻り、同級生の白藤遥とその娘・波とともに。
ようやく訪れた穏やかな社会の中心には、さらなる変貌を遂げたピョコルンがいた。
村田沙耶香渾身の大長編、ここに完結。
都合の良い「道具」・ピョコルンを生み出した果てに、人類が到った極地とは――。
性欲を。出産を。育児を。介護を。人生の時間を食いつぶす、あらゆる雑務を。
14年前、「リセット」を経験した人類は混乱の最中にあった。
しかしラロロリン人の考えた「人間リサイクルシステム」がうまく機能し、やがて社会は再生を迎える。
そして49歳になった空子は「クリーンな人」として、美しく優しい世界を生きている。生まれ育った街「クリーン・タウン」の実家に戻り、同級生の白藤遥とその娘・波とともに。
ようやく訪れた穏やかな社会の中心には、さらなる変貌を遂げたピョコルンがいた。
村田沙耶香渾身の大長編、ここに完結。
都合の良い「道具」・ピョコルンを生み出した果てに、人類が到った極地とは――。
432 pages, Hardcover
First published March 5, 2025
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About the author
Sayaka Murata
40 books9,039 followersSayaka 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).
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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April 9, 2025
I wouldn’t say i was let down at all by the second half, but I found it a lot more one note and I felt less compelled to read on or mull over the stuff that was happening on page. I couldn’t stop thinking about this book while I was reading the first half, but I didn’t see that way about this one. That being said, there are still tons of interesting ideas about how society continues to create an emotional workforce who accept much of our burdens (shifting from women to Pyokorun is a fascinating development but it is established quickly and not embellished on too far).
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