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多田春香與劉人豪、池上繁之──六年前,因為愛上金城武而獨自來台自助旅行的春香,認識了就讀淡江大學的劉人豪,這場異國情只持續了短短一天,之後彼此就音訊全無。六年後春香來台建設高鐵,人豪在東京成為了建築師。闊別了六年之久的感情,他們能否找到彼此,共續前緣?為了工作,春香放下在東京大飯店工作的男友繁之來到台灣。本以為這樣的分隔對彼此都沒有什麼影響,可是繁之卻罹患了「憂鬱症」。面對不斷進出醫院,宛如變了一個人的繁之,春香究竟該如何處理這段感情?安西誠與Yuki──大井物產外派駐台人員、多田春香的前輩安西誠,因受不了繁重不順利的工作以及與妻子間的隔閡,而逐漸瀕臨崩潰。在他以為自己快撐不下去的當口,台灣酒吧的一位陪酒小姐Yuki適時出現。她的溫柔讓安西陶醉,只要待在她身邊,安西就能感到放鬆。只是,一名陪酒小姐與駐台日籍人員又能有怎樣的未來?葉山勝一郎與呂耀宗──葉山勝一郎,道地的灣生。在台灣出生、念書,直到高中畢業,日本戰敗,才與妻子曜子返回日本。六十年來,他並非不掛記著台灣,只是,呂耀宗這個台灣人,讓他雖然想念台灣,卻也不敢提起台灣。直到妻子去世,才又讓他興起了再訪台灣的念頭。陳威志與張美青──一個高鐵車輛維修員,與國中畢業後即前往加拿大留學的青梅竹馬張美青再度重逢時,她已脫去當年的稚氣,也不復見從前那股好勝爭強的男人婆模樣。重逢的悸動,在面對受日本男友遺棄,獨自承擔未婚生子的美青時,兩人間又會湧現什麼樣的情愫?

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First published November 21, 2012

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Shūichi Yoshida

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Shūichi Yoshida (吉田 修一) was born in Nagasaki, and studied Business Administration at Hosei University. He won the Bungakukai Prize for New Writers in 1997 for his story "Saigo no Musuko", and the Akutagawa Prize in 2002 (the fifth time he'd been nominated for the prize) for "Park Life". In 2002 he also won the Yamamoto Prize for Parade, and for winning both literary and popular prizes Yoshida was seen as a crossover writer, like Amy Yamada or Masahiko Shimada. In 2003 he wrote lyrics for the song "Great Escape" on Tomoyasu Hotei's album Doberman. His 2007 novel Villain won the Osaragi Jiro Prize and the Mainichi Publishing Culture Award, and was recently adapted into an award-winning 2010 film by Lee Sang-il.

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153 reviews3 followers
January 19, 2017
An amazing story of work, love, friendship, set in Taiwan and Japan.

台湾の人が日本を思う気持ちと比べると、日本人が台湾のこと(台湾と中国のこと)を知ろうとする気持ちは、あまりにお粗末としかいいようがない。

私もこの文に表現されるような台湾に関心のない日本人の一人だった。台湾に新幹線が走っていることすら知らなかった。この小説を読んで台湾のことを少し知ることができてよかったと思う。

この小説の魅力は台湾に関する洞察だけじゃない。登場人物が非常に正直に自分自身と向き合い、それぞれが抱える問題を解決していく過程がすごく良かった。(それにしても、春香と人豪の結末には驚かされた。)

本当に読んでよかった!
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106 reviews
March 24, 2025
Not his best novel
Great attempt at writing a cross country intricate story
But all little stories just fall short here and there
The ending is satisfying though
The middle drags on like forever for no particular reason, no development on the characters whatsoever, which was very regrettable
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24 reviews2 followers
April 7, 2024
このドキュメンタリーを思い出した
https://youtu.be/GvtpVtyuWrk?si=Oaryc...

去年日亞黑五活動買的,最近看GGO有點膩了,想說換個口味才來看這本
有的描述真得有抓到台日差異,像是不自炊都外食、跟家人一起在早餐店用餐

關於工作預定行程的看法也很有趣,日本跟台灣、其他國家的看法不太一樣

「台湾の人が日本を思う気持ちと比べると、日本人が台湾のこと(台湾と中国のこと)を知ろうとする気持ちは、あまりにお粗末としかいいようがない。」
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November 16, 2022
【taaze 訂120 -得78】
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