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“really weird but liked it... different from the usual yoshimoto..”
Erica R. Diegoli wrote this review Saturday, August 7, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Дочитала достаточно давно, но все забывала написать.
Maryna M wrote this review Tuesday, June 22, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Одна из тех книг, пересказ которой - дело практически бессмысленное. Ее нужно читать самому.
Вкратце - был когда-то японский писатель по имени Сарао Такасэ, который жил в Штатах и написал там лучшую свою книгу под названием "N.P." (North Point). Книгу он написал на английском и вскоре умер, не успев закончить все сто рассказов. В итоге в книгу вошло только 97 рассказов, и каждый переводчик, который пытался перевести их на японский, в итоге покончил с собой. В том числе и Седзи, парень главной героини Кадзами. Он нашел 98-ой рассказ Сарао Такасэ, но так и не закончил перевод. Кадзами тогда была еще школьницей, но очень хорошо помнила, как он хотел перевести все рассказы и день, когда он на вечеринке показал ей детей Такасэ - Отохико и Саги.
Через много лет Кадзами снова встречает их и сводную сестру Суи, и к ней снова возвращается ощущение того, что они четверо связаны каким-то образом, что они знают друг друга много лет.
"Когда из ста рассказов заканчивают писать последний, что-нибудь обязательно случается. История, которую этим летом я испытала на своем опыте, как раз и была сотой. Как будто я наяву попала в оживший рассказ".
Книга достаточно специфическая, как и большинство историй этого автора. Легкая и светлая, потому что в ней лето, и парки, и пруды, и люди, которые пьют ночью чай из банок, сидя на тротуаре, или вино с сыром на крыше заброшенного дома. И вместе с тем, достаточно темная, потому что каждая семья таит много секретов - внебрачных детей, инцеста, самоубийств, психических заболеваний...
Но мне книга понравилась. Большинство книг Бананы Есимото для меня именно летние, как-нибудь напишу, почему)))
"Единственное средство, связывающее меня с тобой и Отохико, - это почта. Звонить я не буду, разговор вряд ли получится. Есть почтовый ящик и есть письмо. Вот оно.
Пойду отправлю.
Я буду хорошей матерью для ребенка Отохико. Я бы хотела девочку. Если все пойдет хорошо, отдам ее в детский сад. Саги будет продолжать свои исследования. Голова Отохико наконец-то встанет на место.
И всякий раз, когда я увижу почтовый ящик, я буду вспоминать о тебе".”
“Strange array of characters but Yoshimoto portrays the varied facets of human emotions and its accompanying complexities so well that you forget the story and you are just drawn to the strange world she presents to you. ”
bunnychip9 wrote this review Friday, January 1, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“It felt very gloomy and strange, i think the directness of the author about taboo issues were a little strange to me.”
qutins wrote this review Saturday, October 3, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Not as captivating as her other works.”
rosawonder wrote this review Tuesday, September 29, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A wonderfully imaginative book, weird but charming. The book follows Kazami as she and a small group of friends struggle to find a healing love in the ashes of a destructive love. You don't realize how sad it is until it's over. ”
Sorella M wrote this review Monday, August 15, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I borrowed NP by Yoshimoto with the intention of furthering my knowledge of this amazing Japanese writer and this novel was astonishingly brilliant. I loved it because I love Yoshimoto's voice among those pages.
Elisabeth B wrote this review Tuesday, June 24, 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Her descriptive style is more imaginative than other japanese authors I have read. The prose is actually poetic, visual, olfactory and tactile:
"I saw the sky and sea and sand and the flickering flames of the bonfire through my tears. All at once, it rushed into my head with tremendous speed, and made me feel dizzy. It was beautiful. Everything that happened was shockingly beautiful, enough to make you crazy."
I could feel my heart in my eyes during my awesome reading although it stirred sadder feelings than pretty much any book I can recall reading. In the middle, I just enjoyed Yoshimoto's vision of life and death and how she is telling the story of that horrid omen which can end in tragedy, like Kazami's sister says:
"Those people who thought they wanted to translate that book were charmed by it, and I think all of them were hiding a death wish. That book called to them."
Banana's writing is certainly vibrant with naïf style in a world full of existencialism:
"Everything that had happened was shockingly beautiful, enough to make you crazy."
The words seemed pebbles rolling along my mind evoking sweet-bitter memories. With each description the characters come to life on the page like in this passage:
"To me, Otohiko was a person from my past who felt like he belonged only in a story. I never thought something like this would have happened to me. It was a strange feeling. When I looked at him, he was completely different. That white polo shirt and the impression of his smooth face completely did not agree with him once you saw his dark eyes."
An incredibly good short and bitter-sweet book.
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“Poignant! Reading this book felt like pursuing the feelings of the characters and whats left is the after taste”
sairutsagealach wrote this review Friday, May 23, 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“At first I thought I was not going to enjoy this book but as soon as I read the first chapter I nearly read 3/4 of the book in about an hour and half- (its a short story) I was blown away by her style that i am looking forward to reading her other book "kitchen"”
Heather P wrote this review Tuesday, April 29, 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“oh my gawd this book is so boring i can't even bring myself to finish it! the only reason i gave it two stars instead of one is that there's a sort of mystery novel aspect to it, and i like mysteries.”
reeyah wrote this review Tuesday, April 29, 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
