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祝福された愛に、孤独を深める女。思いを秘めたまま、別の恋に堕ちる男。離れていく心に、なすすべのない男。ままならない心と身体を描く恋愛小説。
248 pages, Tankobon Hardcover
First published February 21, 2014
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Misumi Kubo
39 books21 followersMisumi Kubo is a Japanese writer. She has won the R-18 Literary Award, the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, and the Yamada Fūtarō Prize, and she has twice been nominated for the Naoki Prize. Her work was adapted into the 2012 film The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky.
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February 13, 2019
This was the first work of fiction I have ever read in Japanese. Pretty challenging. Humbling to discover how little I know. ~1200 words I had to check in dictionary and didn't get through a single page without checking several words. Took ~3 months to read.
The book itself is about two brothers who grow up under the covered roof of a shopping arcade, in one of those houses where the bottom floor serves as store space and the top is living space. They come from a broken family, and fall for the same girl who also has family issues. One of the brothers manages to make her his wife, but it doesn't last, as they start having their own problems.
The author likes to use some uncommon kanji compounds (to be clever?), although they do come with furigana. Luckily the author tends to stick to a few phrases that are repeated, so it gets easier as you get used to the style. In the latter part of the book one of the brothers moves to Osaka, which adds having to read Osaka dialect to the challenge.
The book itself is about two brothers who grow up under the covered roof of a shopping arcade, in one of those houses where the bottom floor serves as store space and the top is living space. They come from a broken family, and fall for the same girl who also has family issues. One of the brothers manages to make her his wife, but it doesn't last, as they start having their own problems.
The author likes to use some uncommon kanji compounds (to be clever?), although they do come with furigana. Luckily the author tends to stick to a few phrases that are repeated, so it gets easier as you get used to the style. In the latter part of the book one of the brothers moves to Osaka, which adds having to read Osaka dialect to the challenge.
August 22, 2025
3.75⭐️
It was a short book but it definitely left a mark in my heart. It’s not a heavy nor light read. I don’t know how to describe it. The 解説said this author’s books are life stories where you forgive the bad guy, not mysteries to find the bad guy. I think that explains a lot. No one is 100% good but bad either. I guess that’s every human though. I really enjoyed it. The ending was nice. I’m happy that all three of them are basically getting happy endings. There will be complications but still happy endings.
It was a short book but it definitely left a mark in my heart. It’s not a heavy nor light read. I don’t know how to describe it. The 解説said this author’s books are life stories where you forgive the bad guy, not mysteries to find the bad guy. I think that explains a lot. No one is 100% good but bad either. I guess that’s every human though. I really enjoyed it. The ending was nice. I’m happy that all three of them are basically getting happy endings. There will be complications but still happy endings.
November 15, 2021
第一本窪美澄。
當作用來滋潤許久沒有接觸愛情的心的小品的話是個不錯的選擇。大概能享受她擅長描寫的女性情慾的部分。
然而故事還是有些段落感，多寫一點或少寫一點的話應該會更有趣。
當作用來滋潤許久沒有接觸愛情的心的小品的話是個不錯的選擇。大概能享受她擅長描寫的女性情慾的部分。
然而故事還是有些段落感，多寫一點或少寫一點的話應該會更有趣。
March 3, 2024
剝解的慾望，不敢𠄘認的感受終至崩解，無法踏出的那一步，是被命運逼出的踉蹌
如果作者可以如村上龍榨汁似的裂解髒掉的東西，會是很棒的作品，但是，已足夠留著讓閱者自己感受了
如果作者可以如村上龍榨汁似的裂解髒掉的東西，會是很棒的作品，但是，已足夠留著讓閱者自己感受了
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