★★★★★ とても詩的。表紙のエッジーな感じを背景に、彼の住む、愛情に溢れ優しさに包まれ、自由、家族、夢や悲しみの小さな世界。読み終わったあともその柔らかい気持ちが長く続く。
★★★★★ Very poetic. His big world is loud and violent, but not his small world, it's a place of love, tenderness, freedom, family, dream and grieve. It leaves you with a great soft feeling of understanding and belonging.
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Small Worlds
Caleb Azumah Nelson, 2023
ケイレブ・アズマー・ネルソン
256 pages
2025年5月 読了

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移民の集まる南ロンドンカルチャー好き、90年、2000年の音楽好き。

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今人気の最近の小説をまとめてロンドンで買った中の1つ、なので相変わらず内容も知らないまま購入。でもそれがよかった。

とても詩的。パッと表紙を見ただけでは予想できない雰囲気。
表紙のエッジーな雰囲気は背景で、移民、黒人文化、南ロンドン、音楽、そういうものからは暴力的で騒がしいものを連想するけど、でもこれはそういう社会の渦の中にある、彼らの住む小さなスモールワールド。
愛情に溢れ、優しさに包まれ、自由、家族、夢や悲しみの小さな世界。

主人公は幼馴染みをひたすら想い続け、保守的な父親との関係に苦しむ、つまり誰もが共感できる誰もが住んでいる各々のスモールワールド。

背景に聞こえるリズムと静かで深い愛、読み終わったあともその柔らかい気持ちが長く続く。

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★★★★★ Very poetic. His big world is loud and violent, but not his small world, it’s a place of love, tenderness, freedom, family, dream and grieve. It leaves you with a great soft feeling of understanding and belonging.

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Small Worlds
Caleb Azumah Nelson, 2023
256 pages
Read 2025.05


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Very poetic.
From a quick glance of the cover, you don't expect it - immigrants, Black, south London, music, you'd expect something loud and violent. 

Loudness and violence are there, but it's the big world they lived in.
While in his small world, it's a place of love, tenderness, freedom, family, dream and grieve.
He is in love with his childhood friend, he struggles in his relationship with his father who seems to be closed up, it's the story we all share, but the story is told in a mix of rhythm and tenderness.

It leaves you with a great soft feeling of understanding and belonging.

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