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舞姬

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開設巴蕾舞蹈教室的波子,與國文學者矢木結縭廿載,兩人育有一女一子:姊姊品子是芭蕾舞壇的明日之星、母親的愛女,弟弟高男正在大學讀書,崇拜父親,也是父親的寵兒。然而看似完美的家庭,背後支撐著全家家計的卻只有母親波子:波子從不清楚丈夫有多少收入,矢木也從未為這個家拿出一分一毫。

然而,在戰爭之後,矢木無法從日本戰敗的陰影中走出,甚至暗地裡存錢、想偕高男逃往海外生活;妻子波子與她始終藕斷絲連的舊情人竹原,更加深了矢木的不安全感——然而他卑屈自私的反應不僅令高男失望、使品子更支持母親的舊情復燃,也將妻子波子更遠地推離開自己。

隨著舊日本的慢慢崩潰,這個家也即將天涯四散;相較於無法走出昔日榮光、唯恐失去一切的男人,女人還有愛(哪怕是幻想)去追隨、還有未來想要建構……

416 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1954

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Yasunari Kawabata

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Yasunari Kawabata (川端 康成) was a Japanese short story writer and novelist whose spare, lyrical, subtly-shaded prose works won him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968, the first Japanese author to receive the award. His works have enjoyed broad international appeal and are still widely read today.
Nobel Lecture: 1968
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May 26, 2018
Mahime (Dancing Girls) really is a lesser novel than Yasunari Kawabata's other major works. Still it is interesting to see how Mr. Kawabata reacted to the post WWII situation in Japan (the occupy of the UN and the USA, the threat of the Korea War, the Westernization, etc) In this respect, I guess this novel reads like it is kind of Mr. Kawabata's version of Paradise Lost.

On the smaller schedule of things, this novel reveals the eventual unraveling of a family of four (quite a number of extra martial affairs and unrequited love are mentioned), and surprisingly, the 'dancing girls' in the story are referred to ballet dancers instead of the dancers of traditional Japanese dance. A lot of Western art and customs are mentioned in the story, and it is rather interesting to see these characters struggling to find their footing in a quickly changing society.
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June 5, 2018
美,需要被感知才存在.
波子沈浸於晚霞的幻化、迷炫其色彩的流轉.對於日比谷公會堂前那些銀杏樹,有成為枯黃落葉、有仍然綠意挺拔,她說著:連樹木也都各有其命運.......
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這是竹原無法進入的世界.
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⋯⋯川端康成《舞姬》

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不知為何、三島的書我配五輪真弓、川端的書我配著小田和正.
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June 26, 2018
早餐桌上出現的是伊勢海老,往東京坐的不是三等而是二等車廂(也不是頭等)。隨意兩個斷片就把沒落依然華麗的貴族生活推出來。

川端康成都舞姬,老師上課第一講就說要注意的是沒說出來的東西,隱藏在對話之外的伏流。被點破之後看書如有神(疑?),很多弦外之音都社區早安廣播般被聽見了。

一如網路隨處可見的評價,書中的女性角色都比男性角色有肩膀多了(看著看著就會火大起來)(除了丈夫矢木之外兒子高男也很中二呀,全世界都貌似對不起他,只想逃避)。

奉母之命取沒落豪門為妻的矢木唯一可同情的自白是「我從來就沒有要過奢侈生活的願望呀」「我的意思是,即使我們家過著奢侈的生活,我一個人從心裡上說,也是一直在過窮日子的。」

然而他確實也是深愛波子的——不過事實上是自助餐式的愛,只取自己想要的。當他批評妻子波子活在想像中,自己自助餐的愛也是造成悲劇的大推力。

另一個讓人注意到的是芭蕾舞蹈家/教師波子其實可能不會正統芭蕾:

「波子一次也沒看過地道的芭蕾舞,卻繼續跳芭蕾舞式的舞蹈。她的古典芭蕾舞基本訓練,究竟準確掌握到什麼程度,連波子本人也不甚清楚,就堅持跳下來了。

摸索、懷疑和絕望,隨著年齡的增長而不斷加深。」

所以她才將女兒品子送到非自家、別人的芭蕾舞蹈學院,所以不再登台。
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190 reviews22 followers
July 5, 2021
不知該說是好看還是不好看?文筆一貫地好,只是裡面人物的行徑現今看來難免吐槽。
總之是值得一讀的文學大作,看似輕描淡寫的文字,寫得卻深入無比,川端康成的確是大文豪無誤。
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May 5, 2023
比起包法利夫人,更喜欢波子。
第一章在皇居外的散步写得太好了。
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September 10, 2025
大師的作品太精妙 其實沒有讀懂 大概就是描寫人際關係的各種無力感吧
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