Somo Somo

The long-awaited second essay collection, in which Mone Kamishiraishi writes about her life-size "current location" after five years. Essays in which she writes about various "somosomo", on themes such as the starting points, triggers, beginnings and connections of things for her. A record of revisiting Mexico, where she spent her elementary school years. Numerous photographs sketching out her daily life. Short stories rich in creative imagination... Along with the varied and unaffected writing newly written across every page, it is full of visuals, including photographs she has taken herself and photographs shot in Mexico by photographer Ayumi Yamamoto. Five years on from the previous book, this is a fan-awaited essay collection that shows Mone Kamishiraishi, who keeps widening her fields of activity, just as she is, and that further deepens and widens the world of her bestselling literary debut "Iroiro". [A message from Mone Kamishiraishi on the release decision] "Thankfully, this is the second one. I was also able to make a homecoming to my second hometown. My already slow pen has become even slower, and I am spinning the words carefully. I hope you will enjoy it".

5年の時を経て、上白石萌音の等身大の“現在地”を綴った、待望のエッセイ集第2弾! 自身にとっての物事の起点、きっかけ、はじまり、縁などをテーマに、さまざまな“そもそも”を綴ったエッセイ。 小学生時代を過ごしたメキシコ再訪の記録。日々の様子を点描する数々の写真。 創作のイマジネーションに富んだ掌編小説……。 全ページにわたって書き下ろした多彩でてらいのない文章とともに、これまで本人が撮影してきた写真のほか、フォトグラファー・山本あゆみ氏によるメキシコでの撮り下ろし写真などビジュアルも満載。 前作から5年、ますます活躍の場を広げる上白石萌音のありのままを表し、ベストセラーとなった文筆処女作『いろいろ』の世界をさらに深めて広げる、ファン待望のエッセイ集。 【上白石萌音さんより発売決定に寄せて】 「ありがたいことに、第2弾です。第2の故郷への里帰りもできました。拍車のかかった遅筆で、じっくりと紡いでおります。どうぞ宜しくお願いします!」