理由

by Miyuki Miyabe, 宫部美雪, 陈宝莲 (Translator)

★ 全票获得直木奖 日本销量超160万册

★ 买房不外乎两个理由：追求幸福，或者挽救不幸。而我却因此成了命案嫌疑人。

这个世界上发生任何事，都有它的理由。

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雨夜，高级住宅美好新城里发生了一起血案：住在2025号的四口人惨遭灭门。

警方侦查发现，四人既不是2025号的户主，也不是租客，姓名、职业、长相不详。入户调查发现了更多疑点：卧室、沙发、电器都蒙着布，衣物都放在便携纸袋里。翻遍整套房子，既找不到一张他们的照片，也没有信件，四人仿佛只是小心翼翼地暂时居住在这里。

他们究竟是谁？ 2025号的真正户主在哪里？

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《理由》完全取材于现实社会弊病，故事架构新颖巧妙，主题刻画沉郁厚重，最终以全票获得直木奖，十分罕见，又众望所归。——直木奖评语

宫部美雪可谓日本社会慈悲而诡秘的观察家：在她笔下，错综复杂的情节在朴素清冷的语言中推进，厚重的主题在娴熟的铺垫和微妙的心理刻画中绵延开去。 ——《纽约时报》

Genres: Japanese Literature, Fiction, Mystery, Japan, Asia, Literature

352 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1998

About the author

See also 宮部 みゆき (Japanese language profile) and 宮部美幸 (Chinese language profile).

Miyuki Miyabe (宮部みゆき Miyabe Miyuki) is a popular contemporary Japanese author active in a number of genres including science fiction, mystery fiction, historical fiction, social commentary, and juvenile fiction.
Miyabe started writing novels at the age of 23. She has been a prolific writer, publishing dozens of novels and winning many major literary prizes, including the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize in 1993 for Kasha and the Naoki Prize in 1998 for Riyū [The Reason] (理由). A Japanese film adaptation of Riyû, directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, was released in 2004.

Reviews

[Janice]

This is definitely a social critique more than anything else. Part of it felt too encyclopaedic and it disrupts the narrative. But overall impressive to see the author connecting so many different dots together. The ending feels somewhat underwhelming, but the I figure the point is not to solve a murder mystery but to expose the various social issues. Ultimately it's about the different meanings of family and cohabitation, and how each person navigates them.

[Asuka · Rating 2 out of 5]

I got about half way and got bored. It started out interesting with a murder case, but then it just went on and on about so much details. Reminiscent of how Stephen King has so much details. Feels like she could have written this in about 1/4 the length.

[Morris Yen · Rating 5 out of 5]

故事算蠻流暢的，挺好看。
不過角色很多，容易忘記名字跟之間的關係，哈！

[Melissa N · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good but sort of anticlimactic

[Nagomu Kikuchi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was amazing. This book, Riyu (which means, the reason) a mystery book by Miyuki Miyabe. This book concentrates on about 5 different family, each having their own trouble. The story is told through an interview. Telling a story about how the 5 different dead bodies each not having any connections to each other, ended up in a new modern apartment. It was amazing how the author connects the five completely different family. And I will like to recommend this to all mystery lovers.

[Liang Lin · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is not a traditional detective fiction. Rather than intensively discovering the murderer, It depicted the life related to the terrible murder and thus triggered thoughts about family and self. The language can be plain sometimes, but it pertinently reveals people's struggle and common problems.

[Sneezycat · Rating 3 out of 5]

　家族とか、死ぬこととか、現代の日本の社会状況とか、いろいろと考えさせられた。ミステリーとしてのおもしろさは、もうひとつ。

[Jw · Rating 3 out of 5]

在最後, 小系弘思想問"我也會殺死阿姨他們嗎?"
作者說有一天一般人都知道這個答案時期會來臨
而此時, 八代就可以瞑目了...

完全不瞭解為什麼有一天一般人都會知道
是表示答案是肯定的, 社會上的悲劇一再重演?
但這跟八代瞑不瞑目有什麼關係?

[ちょく · Rating 3 out of 5]

BOOKOFF500円

[Puddingwawa · Rating 5 out of 5]

和先前第三人稱觀點（有一個人一直辦案）不同，這篇除了綾子家以外，都是用一個報導文學的口吻在寫，相當特別，而故事取材自相當貼近生活的法拍屋。雖然法拍屋是表面的故事，但看完整本之後會發現其實這本書在寫不同的家庭的故事，而且作者還寫了很多不同的家庭互相對照。婆媳之間、親子之間、姊弟之間都有好幾組，有血緣是不是家庭？沒血緣是不是家庭？

[Franco · Rating 4 out of 5]

“無處可去和無處可回，這和自由完全是兩回事。”

“現在的年輕人都有八代佑司這種心理，認為父母只是方便的金主，是和自己住在一起的用人。年輕人能理解八代佑司的心情吧”

“所以，如果我一直和阿姨住下去，長大以後覺得阿姨他們妨礙了我時，也會殺了他們嗎?”

[鸳鸯奶茶热蛋挞 · Rating 3 out of 5]

我明白作者想要通过这本书表达的社会问题很多，但结构太臃肿，而每一个方面又不能像手术刀一样精确的切开，写透。结果就造成拖拖拉拉的剧情，失去紧凑和精彩感。

[LiN · Rating 3 out of 5]

ฆาตกรรมหมู่ยกครัว ไม่ได้ให้น้ำหนักที่ตัวคดีมากนัก แต่มุ่งตีแผ่ชีวิตของผู้เกี่ยวข้องอย่างมีมิติและลุ่มลึก จนเหมือนยำรวมมิตรปัญหาสังคมนิยมวัตถุ เทคนิครีพอร์ทเทจทำเราเกือบจมข้อมูล ชอบการสร้างเลือดเนื้อให้ตัวละครภายใต้ความคิดที่ว่า คนๆ หนึ่งจะมีตัวตนขึ้นมาก็ต่อเมื่อมีอดีต เติบโตมาอย่างไร กับใคร ฯลฯ