這樣那樣生活的訣竅

by Banana Yoshimoto, 吉本芭娜娜, 張致斌 (Translator)

繼《食記百味》後，芭娜娜的魔法生活散文集。
芭娜娜的一年之書。

父親、母親、好友，身邊最親愛的人在短短幾個內接連過世，很可能是人生中最不順的一年，也是最難忘，成長最多的一年。芭娜娜筆記自己從傷痛中慢慢站起來的模樣，月復一月的生活體悟，化為文字，但願有同樣遭遇的人能珍藏著回憶，繼續往前走。

關於生活的這樣那樣。
胖得快活？還是長壽飲食？交給安寧照護能放心嗎？客訴還是找碴？
書腰有幫助嗎？跟計程車司機計較？常讓人招待不好吧？喪禮怎麼辦比較好？

生活啊，這樣如此，那樣也好。不論什麼時候，我都只想看著現在。
「有勇氣以一句話改變他人的人，都是美麗的。」

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232 pages, Paperback

First published March 28, 2013

About the author

Banana Yoshimoto (よしもと ばなな or 吉本 ばなな) is the pen name of Mahoko Yoshimoto (吉本 真秀子), a Japanese contemporary writer. She writes her name in hiragana. (See also 吉本芭娜娜 (Chinese).)

Along with having a famous father, poet Takaaki Yoshimoto, Banana's sister, Haruno Yoiko, is a well-known cartoonist in Japan. Growing up in a liberal family, she learned the value of independence from a young age.

She graduated from Nihon University's Art College, majoring in Literature. During that time, she took the pseudonym "Banana" after her love of banana flowers, a name she recognizes as both "cute" and "purposefully androgynous."

Despite her success, Yoshimoto remains a down-to-earth and obscure figure. Whenever she appears in public she eschews make-up and dresses simply. She keeps her personal life guarded, and reveals little about her certified Rolfing practitioner, Hiroyoshi Tahata and son (born in 2003). Instead, she talks about her writing. Each day she takes half an hour to write at her computer, and she says, "I tend to feel guilty because I write these stories almost for fun."