羔羊的盛宴

by Honobu Yonezawa, 米泽穗信, 子应 (Translator)

“巴别会”是某大学里的一个读书会。本书由跟“巴别会”有关的五个短篇小说构成。《家有丧事》、《北之馆的罪人》、《山庄秘闻》、《玉野五十铃的荣誉》、《羊群的晚餐》五个故事，分别围绕主仆关系、亲情伦理、人性善恶等主题展开，情节丝丝入扣，不到最后一行就无法预料结局。

Genres: Japanese Literature, Detective

199 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2008

About the author

Honobu Yonezawa (米澤穂信), Yonezawa Honobu, born 1978) loved making up stories even as a child and began writing fiction at the age of 14. By the time he got to university he was posting stories on his own website. After graduation he continued writing while working in a bookstore, and first got into print in 2001 when Hyoka (Ice Cream), a YA mystery novel he submitted for the Kadokawa School Novel Prize competition, earned an honorable mention. Sayonara yosei (Farewell, Sprite), a critically acclaimed story of the relationship between Japanese high-school boys and a girl from war-torn Yugoslavia, helped cement his reputation when it was published in 2004. Since then he has been a regular presence on lists of the year's best mysteries. Oreta ryukotsu (Broken Keel) won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Novels in 2011. Though known especially for his distinctive and fresh blending of the tale of youth with the whodunit, Yonezawa has also made forays into science fiction, as with 2006’s Botorunekku (Bottleneck) and 2007’s Inshitemiru (Try Indulging), a sinister "murder game" story. In 2013 he published the novel Rikashiburu (Recursible). He is a leading figure among Japan's younger generation of mystery writers.

source：http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/authors/...

Reviews

[Mizuki]

I'm not a fan of Honobu Yonezawa, I avoid his popular 'teenage detective manga/novel series' like plague (in my mind, nothing is more ridiculous than a 'detective novel' with no one getting killed), but this short story collection of Mr. Yonezawa: "The Feast of the Illusory Lambs" completely blows me away.

The short stories all revolve around a book club formed by highly educated young women from privileged families...but of course the book club is more than just a group of privileged girls sitting around to read books peacefully, the more you read the more you can tell there's something deeper going on with the club and its members.

Each short story tells a different tale about a club member, and there're a lot of description about those young mistresses and their relationships with their maid servants (mostly of the same age), there're different mysteries in each of the story, and almost all of them are imaginative, frightening, twisted and Gothic to the bone. I equally enjoy how legendary authors such as Poe, Edogawa Rampo, Yumeno Kyūsaku, Stanley Ellin etc are referred in different tales.

Strongly recommend to anyone who enjoys their reading material elegant, dark and Gothic and with highly surprising twists.

[Thk]

Review of version:

羔羊的盛宴 Translator: 徐奕
ISBN: 9787020153459

A rather strange and truly macabre anthology that sort of draws you in - compact yet effective writing. The stories are united through the Babylon Book Club - good to read in order so that the themes permeate across and conclude at the end.

[Calvin Kwan]

So this book is all about Psychopath Killer. Yes, Honobu Yonezawa is the author of Hyouka, which is peaceful, but after reading more and more his novel I found him quite like writing about Psychopath. So please be aware this book is not for peace seeker

[Ugetukei]

I love this story.　

あとがきでは「決して相いれない」と断ぜられている彼女たちに私はどうしようもなく共感するし、きっと、わたしにもバベルの会はいつようだと、思っている。
そして多分。ここもまたその社交場であるのだ。それが、わたしはうれしい。

[蓝 幻]

一开始从题材上以为作者是比较早年代的人，后来发现其实作为作家还很年轻。有些故事总觉得有点过于荒诞，像是故意解构。最后的故事串起了全书，非常棒

[Ziyun]

这本巴比伦大碧池会的短故事读的让人提不起劲，花了我两年才断断续续用碎片时间读完。2020年人文版有几个结局翻译有偏差，具体错误看豆瓣高分短评

[Sharon]

看的其实是人民文学社译本 译得很糟糕 最喜欢的第三篇 飞鸡馆管家的故事还故意误导了读者 可以想象日语文风是那种扭扭捏捏的阴暗感 可惜了 最喜欢第三篇 寂寞啊 能理解那种秋水长天凉兮兮的寂寞感 因为此时此刻在读此本书的我也能感觉到

[Luna]

広告されているほどのインパクトがあるようなストーリーではないし、明治時代ごろの貴族の日本語調で書かれていて、その物語の世界に入り込みやすくはなっていいという人もいるだろうけど、個人的にはそれが原因で読む進めるのに時間かかった。ミステリー系の短編小説が私の好みではないのかもしれない、と気付かされたので、ありがとう。

[Yuiko]

最初に読んだ作者の本があまり好きではなかったので、期待してなかったが、こちらはとても面白かった。
ショートストーリー(ミステリー)の形式で登場人物も全て違うのだが、全てのストーリーに共通する雰囲気が漂う。　時代設定も現代とも言えるが、昭和初期の少女小説的な語り口や語彙が一貫して意識的に使われている。江戸川乱歩の小説を読んでいるような感じだ。　上流階級に仕える少女がしたたかに立場を逆転させるようなストーリー。　解説にミステリーファンが喜びそうな文学知識が散りばめられていると書いてあったが、ミステリーファンでない私には馴染みのない作家が多くそれもまた新たな世界が開けたようで良かった。さらに共通しているのは登場人物の誰かがバベルの会という読書クラブに属しているということ。そこで登場人物が読む本もまた私にはあまり馴染みのない古典が多かった。作者の知識の広さに関心した。

[Ahi]

かなり独特な作風。設定は1960年代とかそんな雰囲気？
お嬢様、ぼっちゃま、家政婦たちの屋敷でのなんちゃらの、連作短編？ヒトコワ的ホラーな。

[Kaz]

This is my first time to read works by Honobu Yonezawa. I am usually not a big fan of a short story, but surprise, surprise! These are not bad at all. He successfully created a gothic atmosphere with the story setting and using old-fashioned talking style. Each ending is quite beautiful. I really enjoyed them.

[Ally Yang]

《虛幻羊群的宴會》是一本安靜清爽的推理小說，由五個短篇故事圍繞著一個由千金大小姐組成的讀書會 —— 〈巴比倫之會〉構成，五篇獨立又相關連。面對殺人及被殺，主角冷靜乃至冷酷的態度，是由從小到大身不由己的處境導致面對社會時總隔著一層疏離所造成，令人不得不產生同情。
　　　
作者就是有本事讓人在第一句就陷進故事裡，然後到最後一句一邊覺得背脊發涼一邊感到原來如此。五篇故事的角色或多或少，有著類似的背景、類似的心裡狀態、甚至類似的豁然開朗的情節轉折，但就是每篇都吸引人，新鮮有趣。米澤穗信以沉穩踏實層層推疊的高超技巧，引領讀者進入她書中世界的手段，似乎也帶著一絲冷酷。
　　
說到「薄膜」或是「膜」這個詞﹝不曉得日文原文是什麼﹞，發現好多日本女作家會在作品裡或強調或隱晦地提到這一點，最後一篇故事裡這句「與其說是逃避，倒不如說，大多數的成員都是透過書本這層薄膜，來面對世界」是〈巴比倫之會〉的精髓，我相信也是許多沉迷於閱讀的人的心情。
2018年5月4日

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[Tata]

除了「詭異」以外想不到更貼切的形容，然而因這股詭異感，讀後興奮不已的自己，是不是某種程度上也蠻扭曲的呢？

對米澤穗信的印象一直停留在寂寞卻帶有溫暖，因此在看完第一章〈我的親人發生了意外〉時，忍不住翻回書封確認作者，不過這種新奇的部分也令人著迷呢！

光鮮亮麗的巴比倫之會背後，卻是一個個思想脫韁的少女，但即使常人眼中無法認同，那也是她們的正解吧。