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冬蟲夏草

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落魄文人綿貫征四郎受託看守亡友高堂的舊宅,在愛戀他的百日紅、自畫軸中來訪的高堂、愛犬五郎相伴下,過著幽靜清雅的生活。有天五郎突然失去蹤影,有人目擊牠朝著嘉魚夫婦經營民宿的鈴鹿山走去,於是綿貫決定往秋色漸濃的山林出發,尋著五郎沿途留下的足跡,一路穿梭在大自然與山民生活之間,遇上純樸認命的村民、家逢變故的河童少年、出走的河神等,發現現實與傳說的分際漸漸變得曖昧模糊,對生命萬象卻有了更清楚的體悟……

三十九種植物串連起京都郊外一年四季的溫潤好日;
一場向外出走,卻愈向內在而行的心靈旅程。

本書特色:
1.沒出現但存在感超級強烈的五郎

  在《家守綺譚》中,柴犬五郎不請自來,綿貫也半推半就接受了牠,沒料到總是一副有我在天下太平、淡定聰明樣的五郎,深受鄰居太太非常喜愛,常常端著食物來請綿貫「和五郎分著吃」,還曾數度解救被其他生物欺負的綿貫。在《冬蟲夏草》中,五郎雖然不知去向,卻又彷彿留下各種線索指引綿貫,故事就隨著綿貫追尋五郎的腳步,懷著五郎隨時可能會現身的期待,一步步走入景色妙不可言的山林中。

2.梨木香步一貫的植物系禪風

  擅長觀察事物與以植物為喻的梨木香步,以京都近郊的山河蟲草為書寫對象,抒發富含禪意的生命體悟:森羅萬象本為一物,所有生命的盛衰榮枯,恰如冬蟲夏草,夏有夏天的姿態,冬有冬季的生存之道。有時生命的型態改變也是莫可奈何的事,只能在被賦予的條件下,努力實現自己的生命。或許誠心誠意以「現在的形態」活下去才是生命的本質吧?

  延續《家守綺譚》風格,《冬蟲夏草》再次委託畫家小主繪製精美、富禪意植物插畫。

432 pages, Paperback

First published October 31, 2013

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About the author

Kaho Nashiki

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Kaho Nashiki (Japanese: 梨木香歩 | Chinese: 梨木香步) (1959–) was born in Kagoshima Prefecture and graduated from Doshisha University in Kyoto. She writes for both children and adults, and much of her writing has fantasy-like motifs with religious or spiritual elements. Her 1994 novel about a girl and her grandmother, Nishi no majo ga shinda (The Witch of the West is Dead), received the JAWC New Talent Award, the Shogakukan Children's Publication Culture Award, and the Niimi Nankichi Children's Literature Award, becoming a huge bestseller that was adapted into a movie. Her other works include Uraniwa (Back Yard), which won the 1995 Fantasy Award for Children's Literature, and Numachi no aru mori o nukete (Through the Swampy Woods), which garnered the 2005 Sense of Gender Award and the 2006 Murasaki Shikibu Literary Prize. Her children's books include Penki-ya (The Painter) and Kanizuka engi (Crab Mound Tale).

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May 5, 2019
真是一本不錯的書啊。悠悠閒閒,不急不慢地描寫著一個我很喜歡的主角踏上旅途尋找狗仔的故事。沿途所見所聞都很有趣,過程好好地療癒了我因為病毒而無法吞嚥呼吸的痛苦。
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315 reviews31 followers
September 27, 2025
以前完全沒有聽過這位作者,別說這一本書了,所以是毫不知情地在圖書館裏借來看。
一開始覺得很有趣,很喜歡章節前的植物圖,一篇篇故事寫的很悠哉,寫意地觀察大自然,人情味,借物抒情的感慨。
(但是書還是很長呃,看到一半開始失去繼續看的動力。)
最後總算看完了,結局得很好。
我想,如果在圖書館找得到系列中的第一本:《家守綺譚》,就看看吧。

(看到紅花石蒜那篇,覺得圖中的花有點熟悉⋯⋯ 原來是彼岸花?!原來《鬼滅之刃》中的紅色彼岸花是真的!雖然沒有藍色的。)
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1,274 reviews29 followers
January 9, 2021
比家守更好,就算是我自己愛狗的私心導致的偏見。
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221 reviews8 followers
February 22, 2015
A kappa is a guide. A brook trout pair runs a hotel. Nashiki's world is always extraordinary. But I like it. This is a comfortable world for me.
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