蒲生邸事件

by Miyuki Miyabe, 宫部美雪, 徐方知 (Translator)

高考落榜生尾崎孝史只身来到东京，参加大学预备班的考试，住在繁华街区里的一幢古旧旅馆里。在这里，他屡次偶遇一位行踪诡异的中年男子，甚至有一晚，他亲眼看到此中年男子消失在二楼的火灾逃生梯平台上。

当晚，旅馆失火，眼看着就要葬身火海的孝史突然被那名男子拉住，接着便陷入昏迷。再次醒来时，孝史发现四周白雪皑皑，面前是一幢似曾相识的西洋建筑。他正要向救命恩人道谢，却先被男人拉到旁边的小木屋，原因是几小时后，“二•二六事件”就要爆发了！

“二•二六事件”？那不是三十多年前发生的事吗？是学校里学过的历史啊……

只会有一个解释，那就是，中年男子带着孝史穿越了……那么，一个人回到重要的历史分界点，会对历史产生怎样的改变呢？

Genres: Fiction, Japanese Literature

495 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1996

About the author

See also 宮部 みゆき (Japanese language profile) and 宮部美幸 (Chinese language profile).

Miyuki Miyabe (宮部みゆき Miyabe Miyuki) is a popular contemporary Japanese author active in a number of genres including science fiction, mystery fiction, historical fiction, social commentary, and juvenile fiction.
Miyabe started writing novels at the age of 23. She has been a prolific writer, publishing dozens of novels and winning many major literary prizes, including the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize in 1993 for Kasha and the Naoki Prize in 1998 for Riyū [The Reason] (理由). A Japanese film adaptation of Riyû, directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, was released in 2004.

Reviews

[Tiffany Zhao · Rating 4 out of 5]

I find it interesting that Miyabe Miyuki always focuses on the common people. The historical figures, the people in authority are always referenced to, but never given a voice in her books. It's always through others' perceptions, the recollections of the lowly maid, the interactions with the gardener, the impressions of the doctor.
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If you were given the ability to time travel, would you change history, knowing that it's futile? You could kill a murderer and prevent the deaths of 4 others but history dictates that this event will happen, and so another murderer comes out with other victims. You could prevent a plane crash today of 500 people but there will occur the deaths of another 500 people another day in another location.
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It was hard reading at times, I don't really care about modern Japanese military history, but Miyabe's writing is fascinating as always. She can truly bring a scene to life, not to mention keeping you on your toes with twists and turns

[Andy Kong · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is definitely one of the best books written by Miyuki Miyabe. The first one-third of the book is more of a sci-fi, but soon it has taken an unexpected turn to be a mystery fiction, it's delightful to follow the footsteps of a genuine teen going back through time. In the beginning, the protagonist appears as a usual ignorant youth from the 90s, but the more I read about him and the more I understand his character, in the end, I actually cared him a lot and crossed my fingers praying for good luck for everyone in the book. The ending is terrific, it's no cheesy for me, it may not be what some readers want to get over but this is perfectly written in my opinion.

[Muriel · Rating 5 out of 5]

A times we haven’t been experienced at all will be judged subjectively or ignored easily, but would become different totally if it’s been experienced.Not naive anymore, the thinking shall become more neutral and more objective after that. No such kind of thing can happen in reality. Thanks for the existence of novels, so that we can imagine somehow we had been through every possibilities. A heart of goodness is still available whatever.

[Yuki T · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book in Japanese. It was a mystery book about a person who can travel through time and he takes another boy to the past. Then they meet a mystery that the master of the house gets murdered. It was really interesting