外科室

乙女の本棚 #3

by ホノジロトヲジ, 泉 鏡花, Towoji Honojiro (Illustrator)

人気シリーズ「乙女の本棚」最新作は泉鏡花×「刀剣乱舞」イラストレーターのコラボレーション!
小説としても画集としても楽しめる、魅惑の1冊。全イラスト描き下ろし。

でも、貴下は、貴下は、私を知りますまい!
外科室での手術で麻酔を拒否する夫人。その視線の先には、外科医・高峰がいた。

本書は、有名小説と人気イラストレーターによる珠玉のコラボレーション・シリーズ「乙女の本棚」の1冊です。
今作では、『刀剣乱舞』のキャラクターデザインなどで知られ、本シリーズでは夢野久作『瓶詰地獄』を担当するなど、数多くのイラスト・マンガを手がけるイラストレーター・ホノジロトヲジが泉鏡花を描きます。
自分の本棚に飾っておきたい。大切なあの人にプレゼントしたい。そんな気持ちになる「乙女の本棚」シリーズの1冊。オールカラーで小説と描き下ろしイラストが楽しめます。

Genres: Classics, Manga, Romance, Short Stories

64 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1895

About the author

Japanese illustrator.

Reviews

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Strange, beautiful, and strangely beautiful. They just don't write weird fiction like they used to.

[Aria · Rating 3 out of 5]

Review of Books 1 to 5 in the Maiden's Bookshelf series here.

Driven by curiosity, the narrator successfully implores a doctor to let him watch the surgery that’ll be performed on Countess Kifune. However, what happens in the surgery room is something no one could’ve ever expected as the aforementioned countess refuses to have the life-saving surgery unless it can be done without anaesthesia — all because she fears anaesthesia will loosen her tongue and spill the secret she has held close to her heart for many years.

This Japanese gothic short story has two parts. The first is set in the mysterious present while the other is set in the past where we gain clues to answer the mystery. Together, it shows us that this tale is one of doomed loved and that it is yet another tragic one in the Maiden’s Bookshelf series.

[Consuelo · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a republishing of a 1895 Japanese gothic tale about a countess wanting to have surgery without anesthesia...for personal reasons! Certified weirdo Kyoka Izumi's writing mixed with pretty impressive fashion illustration makes this small book into a sweet treat. Even the body horror is more beautiful than horrifying.

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 🌟

[Rita · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.25/5

A rather ambiguous Japanese short story from 1895 that is a tense mystery from beginning to end. Very clearly a product of its time with regards to its perspective on sex workers and lower-class women. While the illustrations were beautiful, they felt a bit disjointed from the actual story and historical context, which I felt didn't allow me to be immersed in the text and setting as much as I would have liked, but beautifully and descriptively written (or at least the translation is).

[Peter · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this a few days ago but forgot to mark when I finished it

[Zakdj · Rating 4 out of 5]

Out of the three Maiden's Bookshelfs currently released, this would probably be my least favourite, Hell in a Bottle being my favourite thus far. However, this is a beautifully illstrated story, and something I really want to reread from time to time. It's a very short story that from start to finish is engaging. I can't wait for the next two stories to release, as all of these are quality if only for the art alone being stunning.

[Gregory Moses · Rating 4 out of 5]

Obviously the content is not appropriate, but this is structured almost exactly like a children's book, relatively brief text on each page with lavish illustrations. The story is fine, but really, the art carries it, it's strange and often non-literal (e.g. an incision of a scalpel is represented by women, representing the blood, emerging from a crevasse) but very beautiful.

[Eyla · Rating 3 out of 5]

Odd little story, the art is absolutely stunning

[Araaaa ➹ · Rating 4 out of 5]

The art is so gorgeousszzz, and the story honestly i don't really understand that well but it's very beautifully and romantically written

[Ethan Hall · Rating 3 out of 5]

Confusing

[Literarykittens · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Romeo and Juliet type story with themes of class.

[Jayda J · Rating 3 out of 5]

This didn't make sense at all, but the art is pretty so I'll give in 3 stars

[Akansha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite possibly the prettiest Illustrations in this entire series but the story was a bit confusing and I had to read it twice. It was okayish especially compared to the other two.