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「忘れなければ、生きていけなかった」浅田文学の新たなる傑作、誕生――。定年の日に倒れた男の〈幸福〉とは。心揺さぶる、愛と真実の物語。商社マンとして定年を迎えた竹脇正一は、送別会の帰りに地下鉄の車内で倒れ、集中治療室に運びこまれた。今や社長となった同期の嘆き、妻や娘婿の心配、幼なじみらの思いをよそに、竹脇の意識は戻らない。一方で、竹脇本人はベッドに横たわる自分の体を横目に、奇妙な体験を重ねていた。やがて、自らの過去を彷徨う竹脇の目に映ったものは――。「同じ教室に、同じアルバイトの中に、同じ職場に、同じ地下鉄で通勤していた人の中に、彼はいたのだと思う」(浅田次郎)

350 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2017

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Jirō Asada

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Jirō Asada (浅田 次郎, born December 13, 1951 in Tokyo) is the pen name of Kōjirō Iwato (岩戸 康次郎), a Japanese writer.

Inspired by Yukio Mishima, who tried to stage a coup d'état among Japan Self-Defense Forces then committed suicide after the coup was failed, Asada enlisted in the SDF after finishing his studies. He changed jobs many times while endeavoring to find writing opportunities, submitting his works to literary competitions.

In 1991, his novel Torarete tamaruka! (とられてたまるか!) started his literary career. After writing several picaresque novels, his novel Metro ni notte (地下鉄に乗って) was awarded the Eiji Yoshikawa Prize for New Writers and made into a 2006 film; a short story collection The Stationmaster and other stories (Poppoya (鉄道員)) was also awarded the Naoki Prize.

He writes not only standard fiction and picaresque novels, but also writes historical and Chinese historical novels such as The Firmament of the Pleiades (Sōkyū no subaru, 蒼穹の昴).

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ある人の人生に浸る感覚。しんみりする。人はそれぞれ辛いこと、苦しいことがある。そんなときこそ救ってくれた人のことは忘れられない。この本は読んでて心温まる、優しい気持ちになれる本。締まり方も良い余韻を残してくれる。自分がこの本の主人公だったら、どんな記憶が現れてくるだろうか。きっと自分が見えてないところで助けてもらっているはずな。もう少し歳を重ねてたらまた読みたい本!
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About life, death, love…. Heartwarming and touching, can’t stop shedding my tears!
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