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パスタマシーンの幽霊

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恋をしたとき、女の準備は千差万別。海の穴に住む女は、男をすりつぶす丈夫な奥歯を磨き、OLの誠子さんは、コロボックルの山口さんを隠すせんべいの空き箱を用意する。おかまの修三ちゃんに叱られ通しのだめなアン子は、ふたまた男の誘いの電話にうっかり喜ばない強い心を忘れぬように。掌小説集『ざらざら』からさらに。女たちが足をとられた恋の深みの居心地を描く22の情景。

296 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

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Hiromi Kawakami

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Kawakami Hiromi (川上弘美 Kawakami Hiromi) born April 1, 1958, is a Japanese writer known for her off-beat fiction.

Born in Tokyo, Kawakami graduated from Ochanomizu Women's College in 1980. She made her debut as "Yamada Hiromi" in NW-SF No. 16, edited by Yamano Koichi and Yamada Kazuko, in 1980 with the story So-shimoku ("Diptera"), and also helped edit some early issues of NW-SF in the 1970s. She reinvented herself as a writer and wrote her first book, a collection of short stories entitled God (Kamisama) published in 1994. Her novel The Teacher's Briefcase (Sensei no kaban) is a love story between a woman in her thirties and a man in his sixties. She is also known as a literary critic and a provocative essayist.

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Profile Image for Kamil.
171 reviews1 follower
May 20, 2021
いろんな女性のいろんな生き方、恋のあり方を描いた短編22篇。
特にびっくりするような展開もなければ、際立った力作もない(「海石」は本当に素晴らしいだけど。。)。その反面に、印象に残る人物や場面が多くて、クスッと笑わせてくれる、考えさせてくれる微笑ましい話が相次ぐハズレのない短編集でもある。
Profile Image for Erika.
2,908 reviews88 followers
August 21, 2021
嫌いじゃないんだけどな。
全ての物語がリアルで、でも同時に夢の出来事のようで、ついつい引き込まれるけど、同時に疲れる。
短編同士が微妙に繋がってたりするのも好き。
けれど、やはり私はもっとはっきり非現実の方が、読んでいて楽しいのかもしれない。
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