Me
- ISBN13：9781617754487
- 出版社：Akashic Books
- 作者：Tomoyuki Hoshino; Kenzaburo Oe (AFT); Charles De Wolf (TRN)
- 裝訂／頁數：平裝／256頁
- 規格：20.32cm*12.7cm*2.54cm (高/寬/厚)
- 出版日：2017/06/13
商品簡介
"Me is an exquisitely fashioned novel. It begins with a now-routine form of larceny, then quickly moves into a murky twilight zone, a cul-de-sac, arriving at the enigmatic edge of the world in which we live. . . . It is a superb piece of work, immediately reminiscent of Kobo Abe." ?Kenzaburo Oe, author of A Personal Matter
This novel centers on the "It's me" telephone scam?often targeting the elderly?that has escalated in Japan in recent years. Typically, the caller identifies himself only by saying, "Hey, it's me," and goes on to claim in great distress that he's been in an accident or lost some money with which he was entrusted at work, etc., and needs funds wired to his account right away.
In a brilliant probing of identity employing a highly original style that subverts standard narrative forms, Tomoyuki Hoshino elevates what might have been a commonplace crime story to an occasion for philosophical reflection. In the process, he offers profound insights into the state of contemporary Japanese society.
Tomoyuki Hoshino was born in 1965 in Los Angeles, but moved to Japan when he was two. He made his debut as a writer in 1997 with the novella The Last Gasp, which won the Bungei Prize. His novel The Mermaid Sings Wake Up won the Mishima Yukio Prize; and Fantasista was awarded the Noma Literary New Face Prize. His other novels include Lonely Hearts Killer and The Tale of Rainbow and Chloe.
作者簡介
Kenzaburo Oe is considered one of the most dynamic and revolutionary writers to have emerged in Japan since World War II, and is acknowledged as the first truly modern Japanese writer. He is known for his powerful accounts of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and his struggle to come to terms with a mentally handicapped son. His prolific body of work has won almost every major international honor, including the 1989 Prix Europalia and the 1994 Nobel Prize for Literature. His many translated works include A Personal Matter (1964), Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness (1969), The Silent Cry (1967), Hiroshima Notes (1965), and Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids (1958).
Charles De Wolf, PhD, professor emeritus, Keio University, is a linguist by training, though his first love was literature. Multilingual, he has spent most of his life in East Asia and is a citizen of Japan. His work in Japanese literature ranges from classical to contemporary. His translations include?Mandarins, a selection of short stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa (Archipelago Books) and collections of folktales from?Konjaku Monogatari-shu, including?Tales of Days Gone By?(Arts & Literature International Service).?He has written extensively about?The Tale of Genji?and is currently working on his own translation of the work.
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