Takashi Hiraide was born in Moji, Kitakyushu in 1950. He has published numerous books of poetry as well as several books of genre-bending essays, including one on poetics and baseball. He currently lives in the west suburbs of Tokyo with a cat and his wife, the poet Michiyo Kawano.
发表于2024-12-23
The Guest Cat 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
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A bestseller in France and winner of Japan’s Kiyama Shohei Literary Award, The Guest Cat, by the acclaimed poet Takashi Hiraide, is a subtly moving and exceptionally beautiful novel about the transient nature of life and idiosyncratic but deeply felt ways of living. A couple in their thirties live in a small rented cottage in a quiet part of Tokyo; they work at home, freelance copy-editing; they no longer have very much to say to one another. But one day a cat invites itself into their small kitchen. It leaves, but the next day comes again, and then again and again. Soon they are buying treats for the cat and enjoying talks about the animal and all its little ways. Life suddenly seems to have more promise for the husband and wife ― the days have more light and color. The novel brims with new small joys and many moments of staggering poetic beauty, but then something happens….
As Kenzaburo Oe has remarked, Takashi Hiraide’s work "really shines." His poetry, which is remarkably cross-hatched with beauty, has been acclaimed here for "its seemingly endless string of shape-shifting objects and experiences,whose splintering effect is enacted via a unique combination of speed and minutiae."
beautiful and clean writing by a poet, soothing reading before sleep.
评分扉頁上的簡介居然是錯的,歸類我想一定也錯了。寫它的一定是個詩人,他果然是。這是一個日本詩人的日常紀錄,充滿哲思,不那麼好讀又讀得充滿樂趣。我沒法不拿它與the Summer Book比。補記 4/2015 於香港。某個傍晚,封面上的小貓躺在我的沙發扶手上,眼睛發出幽幽的綠光,嚇壞了進門的麥子。
评分淡淡的
评分这样理解一个日本诗人,像haiku体一样有典型模范的表达而无法有个别殊相,可以说日语本身追求的根本就是一种温吞的表达,十分多细节但是表达上效率低下。此书有个惊人的结尾,做到对整篇严谨风格的反省,产生出一个对终极神秘的疑问,与猫这种似乎永远都不属于我的生物的主题切合。
评分平出隆《客の猫》。一本结构松散的笔记小说,有些描写很细腻,但总体开高走低,没有结局地结束了。日本经济崩溃的历程,构成故事里淡淡的背景。我译了一句:“玩够了,小小会进屋歇一会儿。牠渐渐在沙发上睡着的时候(如一个从史前考古基地出土的、轻轻蜷作逗号形的护身符),一种深深的幸福感油然而至,仿佛这情景是屋子做的一个梦。”
The Guest Cat 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书