Men Without Women (Onna no Inai Otoko Tachi) (Bunshun Bunko)

[Machine Translation] As the author notes in his "Preface," this is a tightly constructed collection of short stories that resonate with each other. As the author notes in the "Foreword," this is a tightly constructed collection of short stories that echo each other. The six stories, "Drive My Car," "Yesterday," "The Independent Organ," "Scheherazade," "Kino," and "Men Without Women," each have a clear story line, but their strokes touch on the subtleties of human existence. This is a collection of works in which the best writers of our time have perfectly accomplished what they can, want to, and should do today. Drive My Car," "Yesterday," "Independent Organ," "Scheherazade," "Kino," and six others. A dazzling collection of short stories crystallized to the highest degree.

「これらを書いている間、僕はビートルズ「サージェント・ペパーズ」やビーチ・ボーイズの「ペット・サウンズ」のことを緩く念頭に置いていた。」と、著者が「まえがき」で記すように、これは緊密に組み立てられ、それぞれの作品同士が響きあう短編小説集である。「ドライブ・マイ・カー」「イエスタデイ」「独立器官」「シェエラザード」「木野」「女のいない男たち」の6編はそれぞれくっきりとしたストーリー・ラインを持ちながら、その筆致は人間存在の微細な機微に触れる。現代最高の作家がいまできること、したいこと、するべきことを完璧な形で成し遂げた作品集と言えるだろう。「ドライブ・マイ・カー」「イエスタデイ」「独立器官」「シェエラザード」「木野」他全6篇。最高度に結晶化しためくるめく短篇集。