冬蟲夏草

by Kaho Nashiki, 梨木香步, 張秋明 (Translator)

綿貫征四郎與愛犬五郎的心之冒險物語。

落魄文人綿貫征四郎為了專心創作，接受亡友高堂之父的請託，住進高堂老家，照顧起舊宅和生意盎然的日式庭院，卻發現身邊盡是不可思議的妖異存在。愛犬五郎看似適應良好，不，應該說比綿貫更完美地融入了人妖共存的生活模式，實質上肩負起守護老宅的重責大任，連鄰家太太也被他收服，綿貫因此雞犬升天，獲得不少來自鄰居的美食。然而他卻失蹤了，難道真的到山裡作河童的女婿了嗎……

據說有人在鈴鹿山區目擊愛犬五郎的身影，再加上無論如何都想住住看由嘉魚夫婦所經營的民宿！如此誘惑之下，負責看管的宅院、精心創作的作品草稿全都一概任性地先拋下不管，深入秋色漸濃的鈴鹿深山中，看到的是令綿貫瞠目結舌的景色。

Genres: Fiction, Novels

366 pages, Paperback

First published October 31, 2013

About the author

Kaho Nashiki (Japanese: 梨木香歩 | Chinese: 梨木香步) (1959–) was born in Kagoshima Prefecture and graduated from Doshisha University in Kyoto. She writes for both children and adults, and much of her writing has fantasy-like motifs with religious or spiritual elements. Her 1994 novel about a girl and her grandmother, Nishi no majo ga shinda (The Witch of the West is Dead), received the JAWC New Talent Award, the Shogakukan Children's Publication Culture Award, and the Niimi Nankichi Children's Literature Award, becoming a huge bestseller that was adapted into a movie. Her other works include Uraniwa (Back Yard), which won the 1995 Fantasy Award for Children's Literature, and Numachi no aru mori o nukete (Through the Swampy Woods), which garnered the 2005 Sense of Gender Award and the 2006 Murasaki Shikibu Literary Prize. Her children's books include Penki-ya (The Painter) and Kanizuka engi (Crab Mound Tale).

Reviews

[Shirlee Chia · Rating 5 out of 5]

真是一本不錯的書啊。悠悠閒閒，不急不慢地描寫著一個我很喜歡的主角踏上旅途尋找狗仔的故事。沿途所見所聞都很有趣，過程好好地療癒了我因為病毒而無法吞嚥呼吸的痛苦。

[Smiley C · Rating 3 out of 5]

以前完全沒有聽過這位作者，別說這一本書了，所以是毫不知情地在圖書館裏借來看。
一開始覺得很有趣，很喜歡章節前的植物圖，一篇篇故事寫的很悠哉，寫意地觀察大自然，人情味，借物抒情的感慨。
（但是書還是很長呃，看到一半開始失去繼續看的動力。）
最後總算看完了，結局得很好。
我想，如果在圖書館找得到系列中的第一本：《家守綺譚》，就看看吧。

（看到紅花石蒜那篇，覺得圖中的花有點熟悉⋯⋯ 原來是彼岸花？！原來《鬼滅之刃》中的紅色彼岸花是真的！雖然沒有藍色的。）

[Ally Yang · Rating 5 out of 5]

比家守更好，就算是我自己愛狗的私心導致的偏見。

[Fusako · Rating 5 out of 5]

A kappa is a guide. A brook trout pair runs a hotel. Nashiki's world is always extraordinary. But I like it. This is a comfortable world for me.