白い薔薇の淵まで

by Kaho Nakayama

ジャン・ジュネの再来とまで呼ばれる新人女性作家・塁と、平凡なＯＬの「わたし」はある雨の夜、書店で出会い、恋に落ちた。彼女との甘美で破滅的な性愛に溺れていく「わたし」。幾度も修羅場を繰り返し、別れてはまた求め合う二人だったが……。すべてを賭けた極限の愛の行き着く果ては？　第１４回山本周五郎賞受賞の傑作恋愛小説。発表時に話題を読んだ受賞記念エッセイも特別収録。

Genres: Japanese Literature, Japan

224 pages, Paperback

First published February 5, 2001

About the author

Kaho Nakayama (1960–) headed up a small theater company after college, contributing as scriptwriter and director in addition to acting. She then took a regular office job for a period, but spent much of her time writing, and ultimately resigned. Her literary debut came in 1993 with the novel Nekoze no oji (The Hunchback Prince), whose central character is the lesbian leader of a theater company. Her second novel, the sequel Tenshi no hone (Angel Bones), received the Asahi Award for New Writers in 1995. In 2001, she consolidated her reputation by garnering the Yamamoto Shugoro Prize for her novel of passionate lesbian love, Shiroi bara no fuchi made (To the Depths of White Roses). Her other works include the avowedly autobiographical novels Kanjo kyoiku (Emotional Education, 2000) and Marakeshu shinju (Double Suicide in Marrakesh, 2002), and the story collection Hana garan (Flower Sanctuary, 2002).

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[Osame Osayande · Rating 3 out of 5]

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