『罪と罰』を読まない

by Shion Miura, 三浦しをん, Sachiko Kishimoto

抱腹必至。読まずに語り、読んで語る読書会

翻訳家、作家、作家であり装丁家の四人が名著『罪と罰』の内容を僅かな手がかりから推理、その後みっちり読んで朗らかに語り合う。

内容（「BOOK」データベースより）
「読む」とは、どういうことか。何をもって、「読んだ」と言えるのか。ドストエフスキーの『罪と罰』を読んだことがない四人が、果敢かつ無謀に挑んだ「読まない」読書会。

291 pages, 単行本

Published December 15, 2015

About the author

Shion Miura (三浦しをん) (1976–) , daughter of a well-known Japanese classics scholar, acquired her love of reading at a very young age. When, as a senior in the Faculty of Letters at Waseda University, she began her job hunt looking for an editorial position, a literary agent recognized her writing talent and hired her to begin writing an online book review column even before she graduated. Miura made her fiction debut a year after finishing college, in 2000, when she published the novel Kakuto suru mono ni maru (A Passing Grade for Those Who Fight), based in part on her own experiences during the job hunt. When she won the Naoki Prize in 2006 for her linked-story collection Mahoro ekimae Tada Benriken (The Handymen in Mahoro Town), she had not yet reached her 30th birthday—an unusually young age for this prize; in fact it was her second nomination. Her novels since then include the 2006 Kaze ga tsuyoku fuiteiru (The Wind Blows Hard), about the annual Ekiden long-distance relay race in which universities compete, and the 2010 Kogure-so monogatari (The Kogure Apartments), depicting the lives of people dwelling in an old rundown wooden-frame apartment house. In 2012 she received the Booksellers Award for the novel Fune o amu (The Great Passage), a tale about compiling a dictionary. A manga aficionado, Miura has declared herself a particular fan of the "boys' love" subgenre about young homosexual encounters.

Source: http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/authors/...

Reviews

[Hachimaru · Rating 4 out of 5]

The title literary means "We don't read 'Crime and Punishment'". Four panelists (a writer, a translator, a pair of graphic designers) discuss one of the world's most famous classic literature without reading it and with a minimum information. After they all reading throught it, discuss again how correct their presumptions.
I am a fan of the translator Sachiko Kishimoto, who introduced Steven Millhauser or Nicholson Baker for Japanese readers through her works, and at the same time an excellent essayist, but in this book the famous writer Shiwon Miura does a best job in the four. Her speculation about the classic novel with limited information and her creativity and plot making techniques in writing novels are superb.
I read the classic more than a quarter century ago, and just remember the protagonist's name and the Russian currency 'kopek', and it didn't seem to change my view of life nor the world, though this funny book made me want to read it through again. Maybe I will try it again in this lifetime.

[Emi · Rating 5 out of 5]

これ、めっちゃ面白かった！ちょっと前に漫画版『罪と罰』を読んで、いつか原作もちゃんと読みたいなって思うようになったけど、この本読んだらますます読みたくなった。私も子どもの頃「読まずに読んで」読書感想文書いて賞もらってたから、こういう読書会参加できると思う笑っていうか参加したい！