ストーリー・セラー [Story Seller]

by Hiro Arikawa, 有川 浩

The terrible hardship did not stop her from writing her story, and her husband now does all he could to support her. Wonderful love story of a couple working though lifes obstacles. In Japanese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

Genres: Fiction

205 pages, Tankobon Hardcover

First published August 20, 2010

About the author

Hiro Arikawa won the tenth annual Dengeki Novel Prize for new writers for Shio no Machi: Wish on My Precious in 2003, and the book was published the following year. It was praised for its love story between a heroine and hero divided by age and social status, and for its depiction of military structures. Although she is a light novelist, her books from her second work onwards have been published as hardbacks alongside more literary works with Arikawa receiving special treatment in this respect from her publisher, MediaWorks. Shio no Machi was also later published in hardback. Her 2006 light novel Toshokan Sensō (The Library War) was named as Hon no Zasshi's number one for entertainment for the first half of 2006, and came fifth in the Honya Taishō for that year, competing against ordinary novels.

She often writes about the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) and her first three novels concerning its three branches are known as the Jieitai Sanbusaku (The SDF Trilogy); she also wrote about the fictional Library Forces in the Toshokan Sensō series. Raintree no Kuni, which first appeared as a book within a book in Toshokan Nairan was later published by Arikawa as a spin-off with another publisher. It was adapted into a film titled World of Delight released on November 21, 2015.[2][3]Her novel Shokubutsu Zukan (ja) will be adapted into a film titled Shokubutsu Zukan: Unmei no Koi, Hiroimashita and scheduled for release on June 4, 2016.

Reviews

[Steven Chen · Rating 5 out of 5]

有川浩的小說依然賺人眼淚，一個下午就飆完了。

[沊 沊 · Rating 3 out of 5]

身為一個熱愛閱讀但寫不出來的讀者來說，被文字堆疊而成的世界所吸引，能遇見喜愛的作家真的是件很幸福的事，小說故事的真假不是最重要的，重要的是書中世界令人沉醉，享受這美好的時光。

[Mao · Rating 2 out of 5]

小説のアイディアは面白かった。しかし、本作を読んでる間ずっと、女性が男性を労わるのは当たり前だけれど、男性が女性を労わる時には”甘やかす”という認識・感覚に違和感を覚えた。”思いやりのある素晴らしい夫”という要素を除いた場合、この小説はどうなるのだろう。

[Emma Yang · Rating 2 out of 5]

身為一個熱愛閱讀但寫不出故事的讀者來說，能遇見喜歡的作家真的是件很幸福的事情。

有川浩的小說還是一樣賺人熱淚，文字力度掌握的一樣優秀，閱讀的時候很容易就陷入行雲流水般的邊幅裡。

故事情節落於俗套，是比較可惜的地方。販賣故事這個設定很特別，理應可以有更別出心裁的劇情轉折，但流於形式的愛情稱不上是特別的故事，充其量更像週末晚間的八點檔。