Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage 沒有色彩的多崎作和他的巡禮之年(精裝本)

Format: Royal Octavo

「世界上有令人喜歡的顏色，也有令人厭惡的顏色」

《沒有色彩的多崎作和他的巡禮之年》是村上春樹睽違文壇三年最新長篇小說。敘述一位36歲鐵道工程師多崎作，在女友木元沙羅的鼓勵下，決定一個個去拜訪年少時集體遺棄他的摯友，展開關鍵旅程。

這部完全以現實人物為主角的小說，第一句就落筆驚人：「從大學二年級的七月，到第二年的一月，多崎作活著幾乎只想到死。」因「創」而死，因「作」而生。村上春樹將再次引領讀者進入他小說中慣常出現生死二元的世界。

新作最引人注目的部分，在於主角多崎作高中時代的四名好友，姓氏中分別帶有顏色：「赤」(赤松)、「青」(青海)、「白」(白根)、「黑」(黑埜)，相對地，「多崎」這個姓氏沒有色彩。高中畢業後，如正五邊形般完美的五人組，就在多崎作獨自離鄉背井，從名古屋前往東京學習營造車站後，大二時突然地被其他四人宣告絕交。一直以來自認不夠特殊沒有色彩的多崎作，應驗了內心自團體脫落的終極恐懼。

是命運？還是內在有令人失望的東西？究竟發生什麼事？為何遭到惡意遺棄？歷盡憂鬱絕望，現在的多崎作將展開一次有目的性的旅行。本書主要故事是一次旅程，一次人生之巡，巡視及尋回，並從中產生了衝擊性強烈的體悟。「我們是這樣的活下來了。」繼續活著，成為責任。

《沒有色彩的多崎作和他的巡禮之年》是村上春樹第13部長篇小說，存在最稀薄的多崎作，將歷經最大的創痛，再沒有相稱的人物可以與之匹敵。再沒有更出萃的顏色，這部村上自比為《挪威的森林》的新作，完全落座在現實人生的因緣際遇，更加突顯描寫功力的非凡獨樹，一如既往，風靡世界文壇數十年的村上春樹，始終不曾令讀者書迷失望。本書將是他歷年小說創作中最豐富的收藏。

Tsukuru Tazaki had four best friends at school. By chance all of their names contained a colour. The two boys were called Akamatsu, meaning ‘red pine’, and Oumi, ‘blue sea’, while the girls’ names were Shirane, ‘white root’, and Kurono, ‘black field’. Tazaki was the only last name with no colour in it.

One day Tsukuru Tazaki’s friends announced that they didn't want to see him, or talk to him, ever again.

Since that day Tsukuru has been floating through life, unable to form intimate connections with anyone. But then he meets Sara, who tells him that the time has come to find out what happened all those years ago.

Haruki Murakami was born in Kyoto in 1949 and now lives near Tokyo. His books include Norwegian Wood, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Kafka on the Shore, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, and 1Q84. His work has been translated into more than fifty languages and he has received many honours, including the Franz Kafka Prize. His most recent novel, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, sold one million copies in its first week of publication in Japan.