누군가

杉村三郎シリーズ [Sugimura Saburō Series] #1

by Miyuki Miyabe, 미야베 미유키

2005년, 현대물로 돌아온 미야베 미유키의 휴머니즘이 고스란히 묻어나는 소품. 평범한 편집자가 평범한 운전기사의 죽음에 대해 조사하며 벌어지는 사건를 그린 장편소설이다. <모방범>, <이유>, <화차> 등의 작품을 통해 현대인의 불안과 고독, 가족의 문제에 천작해 온 작가는 일상적이고 사소한 이야기를 통해 과연 행복한 삶이란 어떤 것인가에 대한 질문을 던진다.

우연히 위험에 빠진 재벌가의 딸을 구해준 인연으로 결혼까지 하게 된 평범한 출판 편집자 스기무라. 결혼을 하고 나서는 대기업의 총수인 장인의 회사에 들어가 사보를 만드는 일을 하고 있다. 어느 날 장인의 운전기사 가지타가 자전거에 치여 죽음을 당하고, 가지타의 두 딸은 범인 잡기의 일환으로 아버지의 인생을 책으로 만들고자 한다.

졸지에 이 책의 책임 편집을 맡게 된 스기무라. 어설픈 탐정 흉내를 내며 완전히 다른 성격의 두 딸과 함께 운전기사의 삶을 거슬러 올라가던 그는, 가지타 가족의 어두운 과거를 엿보게 되고 그들이 품고 있던 비밀을 조금씩 알게 되는데...

<마술은 속삭인다>에 이어, '미야베 월드' 시리즈의 두 번째 작품으로 출간되었다. 2006년 8월 발매와 동시에 아마존 저팬 베스트셀러에 오른, <누군가>의 속편 <이름 없는 독>은 '미야베 월드'의 네 번째 작품으로 2007년 3월 출간될 예정이다.

Genres: Mystery, Japanese Literature, Fiction

420 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2003

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

[Angel 一匹狼 · Rating 3 out of 5]

"誰か" is another typical Miyuki Miyabe story: you have a mystery: here is the personal driver of the main's character father-in-law, who dies after being hit by a bicycle. His two daughters want to find the one behind the accident and decide to ask the father-in-love for help, the father-in-law telling his son-in-law to help the daughters. The main character having no other option but to follow orders. But..., was the death really an accident? Or was because of something from his dark past? And are out there more mysteries?

You also have lots of conversations, interspersed with the inner world of the main character, who helps to develop the plot by analyzing both conversations and plot developments. The psychology behind the characters, with reasons behind reasons, behaviors explained in detail and too many little details, conversations and actions that could have been cut out from the novel, also your typical Miyabe. And having as the main character a Japanese salaryman, even if he is one with family connections, also keeps with your 'normal people' characters as the center of Miyabe's stories.

And yes, you also have some twists and surprises that make things look quite different from what they looked like at the beginning. As, always, the book is easy to read, it is fun, it is filled with pointless stuff and it leaves the feeling that, with a little bit of tweak here and there, could have been something special. But, being an interesting and fun read is more than enough.

The best: it is your typical Miyuki Miyabe

The worst: it is your typical Miyuki Miyabe

Alternatives: read the long "ソロモンの偽証"'s series, by Miyabe herself; or you can read Edogawa, Kirino, Yokomizo, Nishimura, Higashino, Akimitsu Takagi... the list is endless, but Miyabe is more interested in the characters than in the mystery

7/10

(Japanese, original)

[アマチュア読者 · Rating 5 out of 5]

p.94 那並不可恥之事

[PoHanK · Rating 4 out of 5]

血緣僅承諾羈絆，我們卻誤解為永恆-宮部美幸《誰？》
【故事簡介】
住宅區裡一處河岸邊的人行道，發生了一起自行車撞死路人的逃逸事件，死者是今多財團負責人今多嘉親的司機梶田信夫。在沒有可靠證據的情形下，警方無法鎖定凶手身分。
梶田的兩個女兒希望藉由撰寫父親生平的方式，迫使兇手面對自己的良心，因而找上今多嘉親，希望藉由會長的力量找到願意出版傳記的出版社。今多嘉親因此挑上負責社內報的編輯同時也是自己女婿的杉村三郎協助提供專業意見。
在首次面對梶田姊妹時，兩者截然不同的個性讓杉村留下深刻的印象，姊姊聰美不希望對眾人造成麻煩，妹妹梨子卻積極想利用手邊資源想為父親找出兇手。但隨著調查進度逐漸深入，杉村發現不僅父女間存在著對對方的不瞭解，連同住一個屋簷下的姊妹都各自有著自己的考量及秘密。
杉村始終無法忘懷首次電話聯絡時，姊姊聰美所說「我會讓舍妹先走，之後，能不能請你再抽空給我一點時間……」那欲言又止的秘密，或許會在某個時間點成為襲捲梶田家的風暴，而杉村還能全身而退嗎？

【陪我思考】
提到家人，你會說自己「認識」或者「知道」對方？或者這不重要，對你來說，家人只是一個「存在」？
宮部美幸藉由寫傳記的方式去展現梶田信夫這個人的一生，對女兒來說存在浪子回頭的一生、對會長來說是信賴的存在、對杉村來說是溫暖的存在、對公關木內來說有著靦腆的印象更甚至在前公司同事手中只是一筆紀錄，到底哪一面才能詮釋梶田這個人？
想去認識家人是正面的動機，但反過來說自以為瞭解家人就是產生隔閡的負面動機。梶田姊妹在追尋父親生平的同時不停衝種著彼此的價值觀，雙方都覺得自己瞭解對方，卻只用缺點的角度來解讀對方。然而越不去觸碰，以為時間會抹平一切分歧，最後被迫面對的時候，那傷口就會疼痛的越猛烈，猛烈到你會希望把所有秘密帶進墳墓而自欺無人知曉。

過去，在美濃的老家客廳裡，泡茶席的位置一向都有我爸的身影，不論周圍圍繞的是家人、親友或客人，也不管時間是早上或午飯後，我都很習慣會在茶几旁看到父親的身影。當時沒察覺，但事實上我已經認定這是永恆了。
一直到父親離世，換上我坐在相同的位置，才意識到沒有所謂的永恆，而也因為過去這樣的錯覺，我沒有好好去瞭解父親這個人，或者說我以為我已經足夠瞭解他了。
但我怎麼可能花力氣去理解一個理所當然的存在？也因為理所當然，父親成為我想熟悉卻無從熟悉起的存在，就如梶田姊妹一般。
如果還有機會、還有時間，你願不願意在自己設定瞭解對方的極限中再多努力拓展一點，這需要時間、這需要毅力，所以不容易做到。
但我相信一切會在失去後帶來足夠的回饋。
如果還沒有過這樣的經歷，或許閱讀宮部美幸的《誰？》可以帶來令你再三玩味的感受。
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[Hyewon · Rating 4 out of 5]

평범한 사람의 범인 찾기. 여동생에 대해 마지막에 좀 엉뚱하게 허를 찌르는 부분이 있긴 했으나 그게 또 요런 책의 묘미라면 묘미.

[隻眼簽到 · Rating 3 out of 5]

明處裡的案件，懸疑或推理性都極低，倒是橫生枝節的事件，製造了小爆點。但也只是連續劇的老梗了：心裡有病的妹妹，總是以搶奪姊姊的男友為樂。這種病態心理，在後來的《無名毒》有更進一步的發揮。

[Osamu Sugimoto · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow, Unknown Author 268! 直木賞作家宮部みゆきの代表作。