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怪谈百物语：暗兽
“三岛屋”商店有个神秘的地方叫“黑白之间”，背负着哀伤过去的阿近姑娘在此收集奇闻怪谈，于是携带着不可思议故事的访客纷纷上门，一吐深藏内心多年的秘密。 《逃走的水》：那个牧马少年是个瘟神，只要他一靠近，水就往外逃，河流也会改道，他说，是因为遇到了山神。《竹林里冒出一千根针》：拥有两对父母的千金小姐，也拥有双倍的幸福与宠爱，没想到，也要承受双倍的负面情感。《暗兽》：私塾老师和妻子入住许久无人居住的空屋，意外发现空屋里有一个黑乎乎的如孩童般天真淘气的团子，这个喜欢人类的不明生物到底是什么？《吼佛》：在一个与世隔绝的村落里，用来焚烧的木材里突然出现了能治百病的佛像，于是人们抛弃原本信仰的寺庙大佛，转而膜拜木佛像。
372 pages, Paperback
Published October 1, 2019
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Miyuki Miyabe
308 books555 followersSee 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.
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.
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August 7, 2020
I don't usually read historical novels set in Japan before the 1868 Meiji Restoration (after 1868, Japan rapidly became a "Western" type nation i.e. Imperialism+colonization).
Reasons? Because the Edo period (1603-1868) Japan had a COMPLETELY different culture than what I'm familiar with today.
The system of the society was different, e.g. the names/system of the "police" as we know today, or all the "four occupations(士農工商)" systems, how people wore their hair, or even the meaning of kimono. They're all changed. And because of this, I had a hard time imagining what's going on in the book.
(come to think of it, if it were set in Elizabethan England or Regency era (like Jane Austen novels! <3), I don't have any problem... hmmm I wonder why. Maybe because the modern-day England and the England that I read in those books don't sound that different from each other.)
But I like Miyuki Miyabe's historical novel. She does explain things in detail, but not too much to put me off from reading. Her characters have characteristics that's not too modern-sounding (or dare I say "woke"), yet likable.
(It occurred to me that most of the historical novel written by her (and the ones I've read so far) have a headstrong yet compassionate young girl as the main character. And a bit of a supernatural added to the mix.)
This book had those too. There were some parts that were slightly boring for me but overall, I loved this book. Especially, when I read the 3rd story, I cried my eyes out. Who would've thought that the story about the haunted house could make me cry so hard? (I hope that's not too much of a spoiler...)
Now I understand what the title あんじゅう meant.
Below are just my spoilerly scream:
*was reading the chapter 3 again* *cries again*
*ahem*
Now I have to read the 1st book in this series (I picked up this book w/o knowing it's the 2nd book in the series. I didn't even know this was a book series.).
Reasons? Because the Edo period (1603-1868) Japan had a COMPLETELY different culture than what I'm familiar with today.
The system of the society was different, e.g. the names/system of the "police" as we know today, or all the "four occupations(士農工商)" systems, how people wore their hair, or even the meaning of kimono. They're all changed. And because of this, I had a hard time imagining what's going on in the book.
(come to think of it, if it were set in Elizabethan England or Regency era (like Jane Austen novels! <3), I don't have any problem... hmmm I wonder why. Maybe because the modern-day England and the England that I read in those books don't sound that different from each other.)
But I like Miyuki Miyabe's historical novel. She does explain things in detail, but not too much to put me off from reading. Her characters have characteristics that's not too modern-sounding (or dare I say "woke"), yet likable.
(It occurred to me that most of the historical novel written by her (and the ones I've read so far) have a headstrong yet compassionate young girl as the main character. And a bit of a supernatural added to the mix.)
This book had those too. There were some parts that were slightly boring for me but overall, I loved this book. Especially, when I read the 3rd story, I cried my eyes out. Who would've thought that the story about the haunted house could make me cry so hard? (I hope that's not too much of a spoiler...)
Now I understand what the title あんじゅう meant.
Below are just my spoilerly scream:
*was reading the chapter 3 again* *cries again*
*ahem*
Now I have to read the 1st book in this series (I picked up this book w/o knowing it's the 2nd book in the series. I didn't even know this was a book series.).
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