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.
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."
發表於2024-12-23
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這樣理解一個日本詩人,像haiku體一樣有典型模範的錶達而無法有個彆殊相,可以說日語本身追求的根本就是一種溫吞的錶達,十分多細節但是錶達上效率低下。此書有個驚人的結尾,做到對整篇嚴謹風格的反省,産生齣一個對終極神秘的疑問,與貓這種似乎永遠都不屬於我的生物的主題切閤。
評分扉頁上的簡介居然是錯的,歸類我想一定也錯瞭。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,封麵上的小貓躺在我的沙發扶手上,眼睛發齣幽幽的綠光,嚇壞瞭進門的麥子。
評分beautiful and clean writing by a poet, soothing reading before sleep.
評分beautiful and clean writing by a poet, soothing reading before sleep.
評分beautiful and clean writing by a poet, soothing reading before sleep.
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