希望之國

by Ryū Murakami, 村上龍, 張致斌 (Translator)

「我根本不明白什麼叫做普通。父母告訴我，就是跟別人一樣，但是，我們每個人都不一樣，不是嗎？」

CNN意外發現巴基斯坦邊境有日本少年在當地從事炸彈拆除工作，日本少年不肯承認自己的國籍，卻對著鏡頭說了三句日文：生麥、生鮮垃圾、生雞蛋。新聞放送之後造成日本舉國譁然，全國媒體紛紛追逐這條重大消息，身為雜誌特約記者的哲，也是採訪媒體其中一員。在途中遇到有如朝聖般的國中生們，其中一名學生中村，在他的口中「生麥」所處之地，是沒有人受霸凌的地方，學生BBS網路中廣泛流傳著「生麥通信」之類的文件。接著中村策動棄學學生同時返校，捉拿校長和另兩名教職員，和學校進行對峙聲稱要進行改革。最後他們透過網路操縱國家金融，拯救日本貨幣，更搬到北海道，自給自足從日本獨立……
景氣長期低迷，有人為了買流行花襯衫拿皮膚做買賣、有人為了腐敗社會自殺成為最崇高的理由，人人對未來感到惶恐與不安。

Genres: Japan, Fiction, Japanese Literature, Novels

336 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2000

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.

Reviews

[sophytoeat · Rating 5 out of 5]

北海道に土地を買い、独立国家を創る話。
結構参考になることが多かった。
地方自治体の土地なんかを買収したり、そこの権力を手に入れた時、何が起こるか興味がある。