魂断阿寒

by Jun'ichi Watanabe, 文洁若 (Translator), 芳子 (Translator)

《魂断阿寒》讲述十八岁的天才少女画家时任纯子，在离奇失踪后的四个月后，被发现自杀在寒冷的阿寒湖边。冰雪保存了她依然姣好的容颜。……灿烂青春的生命之花。在北海道的冰天雪地里骤然凋谢。20年后，纯子当年高中时期的恋人、已成为著名作家的田边、怀着对初恋的追忆，回到当年的家乡调查纯子之死。于是，我们看到在青春的背后隐藏着计谋；在爱情之中裹挟了功利。田边走访了和纯子关系密切的五个男人和纯子自己的姐姐，他惊异地发现，原来在纯子看来，男人不过是她向上的阶梯。她的青春美貌和才华，使得每一个和她交往的男人都认为纯子最爱的是自己；只有纯子的姐姐兰子说出了纯子的心声；纯子最爱的是自己。然而，一个青春美丽的天才少女画家，为什么会在自己人生的巅峰时刻突然走向死亡？这背后到底有着什么秘密？这是一个感伤的青春爱情故事，这是一枝早凋的美丽玫瑰。渡边淳一先生一改往日专写中年人婚外恋的叙述风格，开始追忆自己的青春年华。这个悲剧结局的故事里带有渡边先生自己生活经历的影子，因此它将带给我们更加震撼人心的冲击力。

400 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1971

About the author

Junichi Watanabe ( 渡辺淳一, Watanabe Jun'ichi, October 24, 1933 – April 30, 2014) was a Japanese writer, known for his portrayal of the extra-marital affairs of middle aged people.

His 1997 novel 'A Lost Paradise' became a bestseller in Japan and over Asia, and was made into a film and a TV miniseries. He has written more than 50 novels in total, and won awards including Naoki Prize in 1970 for 'Light and Shadow' (Hikari to kage), New Current Coterie magazine prize for Makeup, the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize in 1979 for 'The Setting Sun in the Distance' (Toki rakujitsu) and 'The Russian Brothel of Nagasaki' (Nagasaki roshia yujokan).

He was born in Sunagawamachi (present-day Kamisunagawa) and died on April 30, 2014 of prostate cancer in Tokyo.