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女系家族 下
故事從大阪．船場的棉布批發商第四代店主矢島嘉藏病故之後，家族為其舉辦葬禮揭開序幕的。身為入贅女婿的矢島嘉藏，長年處在女系家族的掌控之下，不但妻女瞧不起他，員工也不把他放在眼裡，連最後的葬禮都受到家族的鄙視。諷刺的是，隨著他去世的同時，三個女兒和姨妹竟然為了爭奪龐大遺產而勾心鬥角，各種算計逐一浮上檯面。
身為矢島家長女的藤代雖已離婚，但仍想掌控家中大權，而二女兒千壽則因為沒受到更多禮遇而生心不滿，三女兒雛子對家規嚴格的生活感到反感，極欲脫離家庭；這三個女兒在父親矢島嘉藏死去的同時，將積壓已久的憤懣全部爆發出來。此外，接受矢島嘉藏之託執行遺囑的大掌櫃宇市，始終認為嘉藏的情婦濱田文乃藏有什麼秘密……。
這是一部大膽剖析人性私慾與貪婪的長篇小說。
身為矢島家長女的藤代雖已離婚，但仍想掌控家中大權，而二女兒千壽則因為沒受到更多禮遇而生心不滿，三女兒雛子對家規嚴格的生活感到反感，極欲脫離家庭；這三個女兒在父親矢島嘉藏死去的同時，將積壓已久的憤懣全部爆發出來。此外，接受矢島嘉藏之託執行遺囑的大掌櫃宇市，始終認為嘉藏的情婦濱田文乃藏有什麼秘密……。
這是一部大膽剖析人性私慾與貪婪的長篇小說。
288 pages, Paperback
First published April 30, 2002
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Toyoko Yamasaki
131 books21 followersToyoko Yamasaki (山崎 豊子, real name Sugimoto Toyoko; 3 November 1924 – 29 September 2013) was a Japanese novelist.
A native of Osaka, Yamasaki worked as a journalist for the Mainichi Shimbun from 1945 to 1959 after graduating from Kyoto Women's University in Japanese literature. She published her first story, Noren (1957), a story of a kelp trader, based on the experiences of her family's business. The following year, she won the Naoki Prize for her second novel Hana Noren, the story about the founder of an entertainment group. A major influence on her writings of that period was Yasushi Inoue, who was deputy head of the Mainichi Shimbun's cultural news desk.
Yamasaki wrote some stories based on actual events. For example, Futatsu no Sokoku is derived from the biography of a Japanese American David Akira Itami, and Shizumanu Taiyō is based on the Japan Airlines Flight 123 accident. Several works of hers were featured in films and television dramas.
A native of Osaka, Yamasaki worked as a journalist for the Mainichi Shimbun from 1945 to 1959 after graduating from Kyoto Women's University in Japanese literature. She published her first story, Noren (1957), a story of a kelp trader, based on the experiences of her family's business. The following year, she won the Naoki Prize for her second novel Hana Noren, the story about the founder of an entertainment group. A major influence on her writings of that period was Yasushi Inoue, who was deputy head of the Mainichi Shimbun's cultural news desk.
Yamasaki wrote some stories based on actual events. For example, Futatsu no Sokoku is derived from the biography of a Japanese American David Akira Itami, and Shizumanu Taiyō is based on the Japan Airlines Flight 123 accident. Several works of hers were featured in films and television dramas.
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March 14, 2021
一般來說我挺喜歡看這種勾心鬥角的戲碼，但不知為何到了中期便有種看不下去的感覺，後來才發現是因為除了過世父親的可憐妾室，我沒辦法從任何爭鬥的一方找到除貪婪外的核心價值。因此許多方的爭鬥並沒有展現出價值觀的碰撞，只是無盡的貪念在互相交纏，端看誰的手段跟騙術較為高明罷了。也因此小說中後段大概就能猜出可憐小妾結尾會有張王牌令前面這些盤算、謀畫徹底翻盤，更讓我想跳過中間的計策跟財產清點。
不過，也或許作者就是想要描述利益導向的女系家庭中的成員如何攪動或捲進這漩渦中，畢竟也不是每件事都需要高尚的動機支撐，但有趣的是貪婪的眾人都會揮舞著「公平」的旗幟要求分配到更多。但真的有分配是能夠完全公平的嗎?就像最後翻盤前取得的共同協議，其合意基準仍是建立在某種程度的哄騙上，讓各方相信自己獲得的比別人多、比別人好，是否所謂民主社會也是建立在這種欺瞞上呢?
不過，也或許作者就是想要描述利益導向的女系家庭中的成員如何攪動或捲進這漩渦中，畢竟也不是每件事都需要高尚的動機支撐，但有趣的是貪婪的眾人都會揮舞著「公平」的旗幟要求分配到更多。但真的有分配是能夠完全公平的嗎?就像最後翻盤前取得的共同協議，其合意基準仍是建立在某種程度的哄騙上，讓各方相信自己獲得的比別人多、比別人好，是否所謂民主社會也是建立在這種欺瞞上呢?
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