流星シネマ

by Atsuhiro Yoshida, 吉田篤弘

「いま、ここにいない人やモノの声を聴く」──都会のへりのガケ下の町。鯨塚があるその町で、僕は〈流星新聞〉を発行しているアルフレッドの手伝いをしている。深夜営業の〈オキナワ・ステーキ〉を営むゴー君、「ねむりうた」の歌い手にしてピアノ弾きのバジ君。〈ひともしどき〉という名の詩集屋を営むカナさん、メアリー・ポピンズをこよなく愛するミユキさん──個性的で魅力的な住人が織りなす、静かで滋味深い長編小説。

Tankobon Hardcover

About the author

Japanese name: 吉田篤弘
A literary mainstay in Japan, Atsuhiro Yoshida is the author of over 40 books. He is also an innovative book designer and part of a creative design duo with his wife, Hiromi, under their company, Craft-Ebbing & Co. In 1994, the pair launched into the Japanese literary scene with an art exhibition featuring handcrafted covers for fictional books, gaining attention for their unconventional designs and thought-provoking titles. (Japan Times)

Reviews

[Oya · Rating 5 out of 5]

(This review has been writing yet.)
This Book is My Best Book I've Ever Read.

First, this book doesn't have any other language edition.
The book is a trilogy of the Whale Book.(but it's not officially, it's just called by readers)

In an ordinary town, Taro, who is the main character in the book and works at Ryusei Shinbun with Alfred.
This story goes quietly on with Taro, and readers are going to know Taro's history and characters around him.
You can get into this town by Yoshida's gentle writing if you read.

The subject is the Whale in the book.(I think it's also a Boy)
There's a whale which had been lost into the river of the town and died 200 years ago. and more a whale died like the same way 25 years ago. when taro was five then.

The Whale which died 200 years ago has been