生殖記 (seishokuki) [reproduction chronicles]

by Ryo Asai, 朝井リョウ

『正欲』から３年半ぶりとなる最新長篇。

とある家電メーカー総務部勤務の尚成は、同僚と二個体で新宿の量販店に来ています。
体組成計を買うため――ではなく、寿命を効率よく消費するために。
この本は、そんなヒトのオス個体に宿る◯◯目線の、おそらく誰も読んだことのない文字列の集積です。

Genres: Japanese Literature, Fiction

290 pages

Published October 2, 2024

About the author

Ryo Asai (朝井リョウ ) began creating picture books at the age of six and writing stories while still in grade school; soon he was submitting manuscripts to new-writer contests as he dreamed of publishing a book of his own. He made his literary debut as a student at Waseda University, when his novel Kirishima, bukatsu yamerutte yo (Kirishima Says He's Quitting the Team) took the 2009 Shosetsu Subaru New Writers' Award. He has kept up a constant stream of publications since his debut. When his novel Nanimono (Somebody) was awarded the Naoki Prize for the second half of 2012, he was only 23, making him the youngest male author to have ever won the award. His other works include Chia danshi!! (Guy Cheerleaders!!), Mo ichido umareru (To Be Born Over), and Shojo wa sotsugyo shinai (Girls Don't Graduate).

source：http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/authors/...

Reviews

[CW_GRAY · Rating 4 out of 5]

過年期間都在讀這本。像是把生物學、人類學、性別學、心理學、社會學、職場學、人際學，通通做成小說語言，但讀來一點都不枯燥，甚至令我欲罷不能。

朝井遼依然尖銳，主角的思想幾乎站在日本社會的反面，卻藉「內部的聲音」逐一辨證「認知」，最後甚至推翻近百年來的思維，嘗試革命，實屬震撼。

不過以小說而論，確實是走一個設定打到底的概念，或許也是必須有如此力道，所以讓主角的思維重複堆疊，轉變較不明顯。而故事的內核碰撞，則多由其他角色帶出；結尾的轉變，也有些僵硬。

不過我仍非常喜歡《生殖記》，它的顛覆、它的實驗，便已具備不凡價值，而文本縱使不至於完美，卻也到達高度。老實說，就算仰賴同個設定與思維推出續作或系列作，我也會繼續閱讀，繼續受到驚奇。（但這本完全不適合過年唷！）