鍵のない夢を見る

by Mizuki Tsujimura

望むことは、罪ですか？　誰もが顔見知りの小さな町で盗みを繰り返す友達のお母さん、結婚をせっつく田舎体質にうんざりしている女の周囲で続くボヤ、出会い系サイトで知り合ったＤＶ男との逃避行──。普通の町に生きるありふれた人々に、ふと魔が差す瞬間、転がり落ちる奈落を見事にとらえる五篇。現代の地方の閉塞感を背景に、五人の女がささやかな夢を叶える鍵を求めてもがく様を、時に突き放し、時にそっと寄り添い描き出す。著者の巧みな筆が光る傑作。第147回直木賞受賞作。

Genres: Japanese Literature, Short Stories, Fiction

269 pages, Paperback Bunko

First published May 15, 2012

About the author

Associated Names:
* Mizuki Tsujimura
* 辻村深月 (Japanese)

Tsujimura is an award-winning novelist, she is best known for her mystery and children novels. She studied at Chiba University and won the Naoki Prize in 2012 for Kagi no nai Yume wo Miru (I Saw a Dream Without a Key), and in 2018 she won the Japan Booksellers' Award for her novel Kagami no Kojo (Lonely Castle in the Mirror).

Japanese name 辻村 深月

Reviews

[Phu · Rating 2 out of 5]

Gồm có năm truyện ngắn. Mình nhận thấy được mỗi truyện đều nói đến những mối quan hệ "độc hại" và lạm dụng. Hay mỗi truyện đều có những vấn nạn khác nhau.
Nhưng khổ nổi là mình chẳng thích bất kì truyện nào cả. Mình cảm thấy phần kết khác xa với phần đầu.

Mình rất thắc mắc ở Truyện đầu tiên, tại sao một tên trộm khi bị phát hiện thì lại được cho thêm tiền? Tại sao nhân vật lại tự khóc và nói xin lỗi?

[Mizuki · Rating 2 out of 5]

A 2.5 stars read. The writing is decent and the author has good observation, there are two outstanding stories but the other stories are quite dim.

The author brings nothing new to the table whenever she wants to make comment on human nature and the daily lives of Japanese middle class/lower middle class' citizens.

*yawns* Mind to tell me something I haven't already heard before, Ms. Tsujimura?

Trust me, I want to like this short stories collection and I want to be impressed by Ms. Tsujimura's writing, but in the end I'm disappointed.

Other books by Ms. Tsujimura:

"Underwater Festival"
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

"Today Everything is Great"
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

"Underwater Festival"
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

"The Frameless Mirror"
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

"Blind Love and Friendship"
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

If you like Ms. Tsujimura's stories, you can try this author as well: Nowaki Fukamidori. I read a book by her (?)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Leah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Each story is about a female character dealing with some part of life: an abusive boyfriend, postpartum depression, learning about poverty for the first time, etc. Their ages range from children to young adult. The stories themselves are quite short though they range from 5 to 10ish chapters.

I liked the first and last stories out of the 5 there were. The others would okay but they weren't as visceral and couldn't hold my attention as well as the 1st and 5th.

[Erika · Rating 3 out of 5]

直木賞受賞作と知らずに読んだ。
けれど、物語の内容は楽しくないのに、読みやすい文章なのは直木賞受賞も納得な作品。
というか、この人の文章、全部内容が重いのに読みやすくて良い。
が、「傲慢と善良」と同じく、私の世代の女性が感じる息苦しさを５つの短編に凝縮されていて、どの作品も気になって読んでしまうけれど、読み終わった後は疲労困憊してしまう。
「困った大人」を見た時の子供の気持ち、微妙な男に言い寄られた時の女の矜持、DVと殺人、大学生という中途半端な大人、そして、結婚/出産/育児の辛さ。全て私の知ってる(最後のポイントは身近で見てるだけで直に体験したわけではないけど)物事ばかりで、現実的な救いの無さだった。

[BaiLing · Rating 4 out of 5]

五個短篇故事。

「仁志野町的小偷」。講的是小學時班上轉學生的媽媽，是鄉下地方不鎖門戶的鄰里間闖空門的小偷。小孩無法理解大人間包容、不予追究的心態，最終賠上了兒時的友情。

「石蕗南地區的縱火」。煩惱「被看不上眼的男人喜歡」而破壞行情，到末了竟然是「連看不上眼的男人都沒在意過自己」。老女不嫁的悲涼。

「美彌谷社區的逃亡者」。一開始會以為是小情侶臨時起意的夏日出遊，到了快末了發現原來是暴力男友殺死女孩的母親後的挾持逃亡。

「芹葉大學的夢想與殺人」。男友老活在振振有詞的夢想中，無法面對現實的年復一年。直到男友失手殺死了教授，女友決定身殉陷男友於不義，但動機不是不愛男友了，而是不甘於最後仍輸給了男友不願離棄的「夢想」。

「君本家的綁票」。因育兒而陷入身心俱疲的家庭主婦，以為小孩丟了，事實上卻是在家酣睡，但因事情鬧大害怕沒辦法善終，只好自編自導一齣差一點的綁票案。

明知人性中的惡意，會從沒拴緊的蓋子中跑了出來，但沒料會從那個轉角，哇啦啦的，整個漫了出來。

整個出人意表。

[Yeung To Wong · Rating 3 out of 5]

这本小说里的女性形象生硬刻板。看男人只看颜值和金钱，没有男人就活不下去，单身就是地狱。在一起之后就成了地毯随人践踏，还死心踏地爱着他，即便被侮辱被家暴都不肯醒悟。一个故事里是这样就算了，好几个故事都是这样，都成为规律了，这个作家是不是对女性有什么误解？如果不是最后一篇有对母亲独自育婴困难的探讨，这本就只值2星。

[Alex · Rating 1 out of 5]

Quedó a la mitad por que los cuentos eran aburridos. No sentí simpatía por ningún personaje.

[Hiu Ying]

漂入。2021/11/25 BookSharer Kin Tung Ho T280

[Nagisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

A collection of 5 short stories. The author captures the dilemma so well that the readers can be easily drawn to the stories and identify with the characters.

[Yumiko Hansen · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 stars 🌟