恋愛の格差

by Ryū Murakami, 村上龍

幸せな恋愛・結婚のモデルはもうどこにも存在しない―。“格差を伴う多様化”が進む現在の日本で、恋愛はどう変化しているのか?いい男・女とはどんな人間なのか?そして結婚の魅力とは?不幸な恋愛を回避し、自分なりの幸福を見つけるためには、知らなければならない事実がある。大好評、村上龍の恋愛エッセイ。

252 pages, Paperback Bunko

First published September 1, 2002

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.