The economy was booming. People had more money than they knew what to do with. And then the earthquake struck. For the characters in After the Quake, the Kobe earthquake is an echo from a past they buried long ago. Satsuki has spent thirty years hating one man: a lover who destroyed her chances of having children. Did her desire for revenge cause the earthquake? Junpei's estranged parents live in Kobe. Should he contact them? Miyake left his family in Kobe to make midnight bonfires on a beach hundreds of miles away. Fourteen-year-old Sala has nightmares that the Earthquake Man is trying to stuff her inside a little box. Katagiri returns home to find a giant frog in his apartment on a mission to save Tokyo from a massive burrowing worm. 'When he gets angry, he causes earthquakes,' says Frog. 'And right now he is very, very angry'.
This new collection of stories, from one of the world's greatest living writers, dissects the violence beneath the surface of modern Japan.
##真的是就怕货比货,同时在读科塔萨尔,都是爵士爱好者,差距咋就这么大呢,当然这本即使比村上自己的《盲女睡柳》那个集子也是差了一大截 太多刻意经营的成分 不过有几篇的中心意象还是不错的,比如摇铃做爱(躲熊),海边燃起的篝火,月下起舞,梦见可以祛除心魔的蛇,最后两篇别人说好,我反而无感
评分##重读发现每个故事都留给我很深印象。拯救世界的青蛙君,他们拆主教的时候你为什么没有来。Nimit说"If you put your feelings into words they will turn into lies." 在一个完美的故事里 暂时取代你位置的人有一天一定会消失。
评分##中文版是《神的孩子全跳舞》
评分##重读发现每个故事都留给我很深印象。拯救世界的青蛙君,他们拆主教的时候你为什么没有来。Nimit说"If you put your feelings into words they will turn into lies." 在一个完美的故事里 暂时取代你位置的人有一天一定会消失。
评分##由日文译为英文,再由文字转为朗读,再由朗读者的声音信号映射成我脑海中的形象,我没有立场说我读懂了村上想要表达的。但还是挺喜欢,一场地震,不仅仅影响了直接受难的人们,也间接影响了主动或被动关注它的人们,继而又影响了与这些人相关的人们……正如地震四散的震波,如涟漪一般,一波一波铺展袭来,久久不能平息。
评分##地震之后读《地震之后》。
评分##so they wake up living chaos as still
评分##村上春树的短篇小说是凭意像取胜的,像诗歌里的意像一样新颖,准确,例如《UFO》里空空的包裹,《Super frog》里的无私无畏的大青蛙,《Thailand》里长在身体里的石头(如果你有秘密,身体就会有石头)《landscape with Flatiron》里的bonefire,想到这个意像小说已经成功一半了。阅读村上春树的短篇小说非常愉快,所以通常读完沉重的书就读一本。
评分##还真有人在读这本书,我以为就是一个传说。。。。。。已经还给同学了