蒲生邸事件

by [日]宫部美雪 徐方知

《蒲生邸事件》讲的是高考落榜生尾崎孝史只身来到东京，参加大学预备班的考试，住在繁华街区里的一幢古旧旅馆里。在这里，他屡次偶遇一位行踪诡异的中年男子，甚至有一晚，他亲眼看到此中年男子消失在二楼的火灾逃生梯平台上。当晚，旅馆失火，眼看着就要葬身火海的孝史突然被那名男子拉住，接着便陷入昏迷。再次醒来时，孝史发现四周白雪皑皑，面前是一幢似曾相识的西洋建筑。他正要向救命恩人道谢，却先被男人拉到旁边的小木屋，原因是几小时后，“二·二六事件”就要爆发了！“二·二六事件”？那不是三十多年前发生的事吗？是学校里学过的历史啊……只会有一个解释，那就是，中年男子带着孝史穿越了……那么，一个人回到重要的历史分界点，会对历史产生怎样的改变呢？直木奖获奖作家日本受欢迎女作家宫部美雪科幻历史悬疑巨作获日本SF大奖平成天后立足史实，重述那段严肃、冷酷的历史事变给你一个机会回到过去，你就真能做出正确的选择吗？探讨人类在历史长河中的位置，作为时间旅人的选择与意义第一章那夜为止恰好两周前，尾崎孝史在酒店的前台登记入住，前台有工作人员帮忙结算住宿费。很快他就发现，前台事事不过心似的，可能因为工作的习性，即便注意到有些事也可以熟练地装作没看见。“请在这里签名。”隔着柜台，前台将入住登记本递了过来，尾崎孝史将波士顿提包置于脚边，拿起一支圆珠笔。这支笔并不精致，粗粗的笔竿上赫然印着“风见印刷”的字样，这种笔在客房里也有。总之，在这里住店的客人，哪怕就一个晚上，也会在发票啦，便签条啦上面看到“风见印刷”的字样，肯定会对此印象深刻。可是，对于风见印刷也好，酒店也好，这种随处可见的广告到底有何意义？孝史还是疑惑不解。孝史填完信息后将笔搁在一边，按照规定付了押金。“下面就带您去房间吧。”“不用了，我知道在哪里。”孝史摇了摇头，“给我钥匙就可以啦！”这时，前台服务员的表情发生了微妙的变化。咦，那家伙该不会是记起我了吧？孝史警惕起来，虽然脸上装作一无所知，心里却一清二楚。诚然，孝史绝非只住一两天的客人。那家伙心里到底在想什么？孝史不得其解。作为父母关心的考生，还要进京赶考吧，这次也是去参加考试的吧。然而，今天已经是二十四号，二月底了，国立大学就不用说了，几所著名的私立大学的入学考试也差不多都结束了。这样的话，只能参加国立大学的第二次入学考试了吧。就算顺顺当当的从入学毕业，也仅仅是在简历上如蜻蜓点水般的体现出来，但即便如此也是一定要进大学的。这是多么悲壮的决心啊！或者上技校，或者……孝史掏出钥匙，瞬间接受了现实的自我。手里拿着波士顿皮包，朝仅有的一台电梯走去。前台服务员什么话都没说。孝史按了电梯的按钮，在等电梯时突然生出羞耻心，如一道闪电般打得他的脸一直红到脖子根。刚刚的思绪在脑海里久久不去，仿佛遇见的人都在骂自己是傻瓜，甚至到了被害妄想症的地步。每次沉浸在这种妄想之中时，所有细胞都会条件反射地动员起来。如果对方说了令他不快或嘲讽他的话，他就会立马想“好啊！竟敢如此说我，看我怎么回你！”，差不多已经到了病态的地步。随随便便就会胡思乱想，无缘无故就乱发脾气，如果在这样持续下去的话，孝史觉得自己会成为一个无差别伤害的罪犯，站在大街上看见谁经过就用刀去刺。接着孝史幻想追上前来的警察

Genres: Fiction, Japanese Literature

Paperback

First published September 1, 1996

Reviews

[Tiffany Zhao · Rating 4 out of 5]

I find it interesting that Miyabe Miyuki always focuses on the common people. The historical figures, the people in authority are always referenced to, but never given a voice in her books. It's always through others' perceptions, the recollections of the lowly maid, the interactions with the gardener, the impressions of the doctor.
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If you were given the ability to time travel, would you change history, knowing that it's futile? You could kill a murderer and prevent the deaths of 4 others but history dictates that this event will happen, and so another murderer comes out with other victims. You could prevent a plane crash today of 500 people but there will occur the deaths of another 500 people another day in another location.
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It was hard reading at times, I don't really care about modern Japanese military history, but Miyabe's writing is fascinating as always. She can truly bring a scene to life, not to mention keeping you on your toes with twists and turns

[Andy Kong · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is definitely one of the best books written by Miyuki Miyabe. The first one-third of the book is more of a sci-fi, but soon it has taken an unexpected turn to be a mystery fiction, it's delightful to follow the footsteps of a genuine teen going back through time. In the beginning, the protagonist appears as a usual ignorant youth from the 90s, but the more I read about him and the more I understand his character, in the end, I actually cared him a lot and crossed my fingers praying for good luck for everyone in the book. The ending is terrific, it's no cheesy for me, it may not be what some readers want to get over but this is perfectly written in my opinion.

[Muriel · Rating 5 out of 5]

A times we haven’t been experienced at all will be judged subjectively or ignored easily, but would become different totally if it’s been experienced.Not naive anymore, the thinking shall become more neutral and more objective after that. No such kind of thing can happen in reality. Thanks for the existence of novels, so that we can imagine somehow we had been through every possibilities. A heart of goodness is still available whatever.

[Yuki T · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book in Japanese. It was a mystery book about a person who can travel through time and he takes another boy to the past. Then they meet a mystery that the master of the house gets murdered. It was really interesting