공항에서

by Ryū Murakami, 무라카미 류, 정윤아 (Translator)

무라카미 류 소설집. 인간의 본능을 감각적인 문체로 표현해 내는 작가, 일본 신세대의 저항정신과 언더 문화를 상징하는 작가로 널리 알려진 무라카미 류의 이 소설집은 편의점, 술집, 공원, 노래방, 공항 등 이 세상 어디에나 있는 장소를 무대로, 타인과 공유할 수 없는 개별적인 희망을 그려냈다.

2007년 첫 번역출간된 이래 '무라카미 류 최고의 소설'이라는 찬사를 받으며 대중에게 꾸준히 사랑받아 온 이 책은 무라카미 류 스스로 30년간의 작가생활 중 최고의 단편이라 말하는 '공항에서'를 비롯하여, 여고생과 노래방에 간 중년 남성이 지금까지의 인생을 돌아보는 '노래방에서', 남의 결혼식장에서 자신의 둘도 없는 소중한 그 무엇을 갑자기 떠올리는 '피로연장에서' 등 각각의 작품을 통해 현대인의 소외감, 여러 가지 사랑의 모습, 그리고 미지의 무언가를 향한 새로운 출발을 진솔하게 그렸다.

Genres: Japanese Literature

210 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Ryū Murakami (村上 龍) is a Japanese novelist and filmmaker. He is not related to Haruki Murakami or Takashi Murakami.

Murakami's first work, the short novel Almost Transparent Blue, written while he was still a student, deals with promiscuity and drug use among disaffected Japanese youth. Critically acclaimed as a new style of literature, it won the newcomer's literature prize in 1976 despite some observers decrying it as decadent. Later the same year, Blue won the Akutagawa Prize, going on to become a best seller. In 1980, Murakami published the much longer novel Coin Locker Babies, again to critical acclaim.

Takashi Miike's feature film Audition (1999) was based on one of his novels. Murakami reportedly liked it so much he gave Miike his blessing to adapt Coin Locker Babies. The screen play was worked on by director Jordan Galland. However, Miike could not raise funding for the project. An adaptation directed by Michele Civetta is currently in production.

Murakami has played drums for a rock group called Coelacanth and hosted a TV talk show.

Reviews

[Kyoungjin Lim · Rating 4 out of 5]

3次元の極細密画のように展開されていく空間の中で、主人公の意識が自然に流れ込む。彼らのナレーションの流れに私の意識が吸い込まれる。 主人公たちは各空間にいるが、そこにいない。時間と空間の移動を繰り返える彼らの意識には異時間と異空間の区別さえなくなる。「未知の世界へ」向かう方向性だけが存在するのだ。
大雨の月曜日、静かな図書館で、私は彼らと一緒に動かぬ旅に出た。私の意識は旅先からなかなか戻ってこなかった。

[Kamil · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting vignettes of Japanese life condensed into short stories. The better ones are full of those countless Japanese idiosyncrasies and conjure up images so vivid you are instantly transported into a convenience store or an izakaya. Unfortunately, each successive story seems to be less about the place it is trying to snapshot and more about the backstory of the characters, which are mostly disappointing young women dependent on older, wealthier men. In the afterword, Murakami claims that 'hope' was a unifying theme, but in most of the stories it seems to come in the same uninspired form.

[f.enjoy6 · Rating 4 out of 5]

日本語を勉強している外国人として、日本語で本を読もうとしています。村上龍の様々な本を読んだことがあるのですが、今まで読んだ本はチェコ語で読みました。今は日本に住んでいるので、日本語の本も手に入り、やっと日本語で本を読むチャンスがありました。この本の日本語は読みやすいので、日本語で本を読み始めたい方にもお勧めしています。この本では色々な場所が舞台になり、大抵何かで悩んでいる主人公の話になります。悩みはただの悩みでなく、深くて、暗い悩みです。この作品を読み、落ち込む場合もあります…

特に気に入ったショートストーリーは『クリスマス』、『カラオケルームにて』と『公園いて』です。しかし、全てのショートストーリーの雰囲気が好きです!

[Polina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Первая книга на японском.
日本の社会。怖い。
希望。