希望の国のエクソダス

by Ryū Murakami, 村上龍

この国には何でもある。
だが、希望だけがない。

2001年、株価の暴落が進む日本で、80万人の中学生が集団不登校を起こした。中学生グループの代表”ポンちゃん”は、ASUNAROという会社を立ち上げ、ネットビジネスで巨大な資金を得る。そして彼らは、日本からの実質的な脱出を宣言した――。この国の希望と絶望を描き、話題になった「永遠の未来小説」。

Genres: Japan, Fiction, Japanese Literature, Novels

370 pages, Kindle Edition

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。