This novel won the Naoki Prize in 2005, the highest honor in Japan. It revolves around Sayoko, a 35-year-old housewife with a three-year-old child, an indifferent husband, and a sharp-tongued mother-in-law. After a five-year absence from the workforce, she decides to re-enter the job market and meets her boss, who graduated from the same university and is of the same age. Initially, the differences between the two women seem stark, but as the story unfolds, significant similarities are revealed, particularly in their social withdrawal and shared past of being ridiculed in school.
Mitsuyo Kakuta Bücher
Mitsuyo Kakuta richtet ihren literarischen Fokus auf das Leben von Frauen ihrer Generation, die oft die Komplexität ihres Lebens zwischen Mitte dreißig und vierzig bewältigen. Ihre Erzählungen tauchen mit scharfer Beobachtung und tiefem Einfühlungsvermögen in das komplexe Netz von Beziehungen und persönlichen Dilemmas ein. Kakuta zeichnet sich darin aus, nachvollziehbare Charaktere zu erschaffen, die die Leser in ihre alltäglichen Kämpfe und Triumphe hineinziehen. Ihre stilistische Gewandtheit und ihr tiefes Verständnis der menschlichen Psyche machen sie zu einer fesselnden Erzählerin.
LOVE展:アートにみる愛のかたち
シャガールから草間彌生、初音ミクまで - 10th Anniversary Exhibition - All You Need Is Love From Chagall To Kusama And Hatsune Miku
- 211 Seiten
- 8 Lesestunden
For human beings, love is the most precious of things. To mark its 10th anniversary, the Mori Art Museum will take the theme of "love." Via around 200 works ranging from celebrated contributions to art history, to ambitious new works, the exhibition explores love in its myriad forms - starting romantic love, extending to love of family, and love of mankind. Possessed of a complexity that causes it to occasionally stray into the realms of hatred and jealousy, love also has the ability to transcend conflict of every sort. The exhibition will present renowned works depicting love in its many manifestations, including the new kinds of bond we forge in today's internet - connected world. What does "love" mean to you? Join us to experience love anew, through the medium of art.
対岸の彼女
- 340 Seiten
- 12 Lesestunden
女社長の葵と専業主婦の小夜子。二人の出会いと友情は、些細なことから亀裂を生じていくが......。孤独から希望へ、感動の傑作長篇
Hisoyaka na hanazono. ひそやかな花園
- 381 Seiten
- 14 Lesestunden
幼いころ、毎年家族ぐるみでサマーキャンプを共にしていた七人。全員ひとりっ子の七人にとって天国のような楽しい時間だったキャンプは、ある年から突然なくなる。大人になり、再会した彼らが知った出生にまつわる衝撃の真実。七人の父は誰なのか―?この世にあるすべての命に捧げる感動長編。