Mizuki Nomura
Autor de Book Girl and the Suicidal Mime
Sobre El Autor
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Series
Obras de Mizuki Nomura
Bond and Book: The Long, Long Good-Bye of "The Last Bookstore" (Bond and Book, 2) (2022) — Autor — 50 copias
"末摘花" ヒカルが地球にいたころ......(5) (ファミ通文庫) 3 copias
むすぶと本。 『嵐が丘』を継ぐ者 (ファミ通文庫) 2 copias
むすぶと本。 『外科室』の一途 (ファミ通文庫) 2 copias
"花散里" ヒカルが地球にいたころ......(8) (ファミ通文庫) 2 copias
むすぶと本。 『夜長姫と耳男』のあどけない遊戯 (ファミ通文庫) 2 copias
むすぶと本。 『さいごの本やさん』の長い長い終わり 2 copias
女王的御用甜点师 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Nomura, Mizuki
- Nombre legal
- 野村, 美月
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1983
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- Japan
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Fukushima, Japan
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
Premios
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 43
- Miembros
- 492
- Popularidad
- #50,226
- Valoración
- 4.0
- Reseñas
- 12
- ISBNs
- 59
- Idiomas
- 3
- Favorito
- 1
Suicidal Mime is a novel filled with despair and secrets. Konoha is a withdrawn, false sort of guy. He pastes a fake smile on his face, tries to keep people placated and inwardly is disgusted by his behavior. He wasn't always like this, but a tragic love in middle school coupled with a nervous breakdown from instant (and intense) celebrity has made him hard and brittle. He doesn't want the sort of responsibility that comes with loving someone or being loved. He keeps his relationships as shallow as possible.
Tohko, who other than her strange appetites is as normal as anyone else, is just as secretive and complex. Outwardly she is bubbly and bossy, pushing Konoha to keep writing her stories to devour and constantly hungry, but briefly you can see some truer feelings. The despair she feels over Konoha's continued isolation and withdrawal, her efforts to help others, the loneliness she feels. Her urgent need to help Chia Takeda at first seems entirely selfish, but over the course of the novel little remarks she makes or looks on her face reveal she has a deeper agenda.
One of the central themes of the book is a Japanese writer's work called No Longer Human. The author, Osamu Dazai led an infamous life, much of which is detailed in Suicidal Mime. No Longer Human is semi-autobiographical and said to be his 'suicide note' to the world. Its a dark, bitter memoir of one man's intense desire to connect with the world, but can't no matter what. He pretends at being human and feels ashamed of that. Two of the characters in the novel truly identify with the protagonist of No Longer Human, feeling cut off from the world and separate because they don't understand or because they feel immense guilt over not being as emotional as their peers.
This isn't necessarily a happy book, or a 'light' read. Suicide, love, betrayal, jealousy, death, redemption... this novel covers some hefty topics. The translation by Yen Press is excellent; it reads very smoothly. I can't attest to some of the pop culture references strewn throughout the novel (if they were changed to match American references or not), but those aren't a problem regardless. The biggest cultural reference that western readers may not get is Osamu Dazai and Tohko talks about him at length at one point.
As a sidenote I agree with Tohko's assessment that you shouldn't read No Longer Human if you are feeling any amount of depression or despair; even translated the novel is powerful and provoking. I prefer his short story collection entitled [b:Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy|194739|Blue Bamboo Japanese Tales of Fantasy (Japan's Modern Writers Series)|Osamu Dazai|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172591150s/194739.jpg|297542] available translated into English as part of Kodansha's 'Japan's Modern Writer's series.… (más)