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「那天晚上，他找不到回家的路。」
通勤上班四十多年的男人，於退休的歡送會結束後，一如往常地搭了地鐵回家。
正式退休的最後一天、在離家只剩下四站時，
他耗盡了生命的力氣，在車廂裡倒了下去。
他這輩子的「幸福」究竟是什麼？他是不是已經擁有過？
愛是不是人生所有的真相？
如果不遺忘，是不是就無法活下去？
通勤上班四十多年的男人，於退休的歡送會結束後，一如往常地搭了地鐵回家。
正式退休的最後一天、在離家只剩下四站時，
他耗盡了生命的力氣，在車廂裡倒了下去。
他這輩子的「幸福」究竟是什麼？他是不是已經擁有過？
愛是不是人生所有的真相？
如果不遺忘，是不是就無法活下去？
344 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2017
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Jirō Asada
229 books27 followersJirō 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).
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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June 17, 2024
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！
June 22, 2021
About life, death, love…. Heartwarming and touching, can’t stop shedding my tears!
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