★★★★☆  無人島に住む、一人の女と31人の男。彼女は女である価値をフル活用する、けれどそんなやわな話ではない。女は太るし年も取る。欲も出る。そういう女の生々しさがさすが桐野夏生。
★★★★☆ 31 men and 1 woman on a remote island. She makes sure to take advantage of being the only woman, but it's not that simple, she gets old and fat, and gets greedy, too.
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🔽 基本情報 🔽
東京島
桐野夏生, 2008
Tokyo Island
Natsuo Kirino
384 pages 
2024.07 

🔽🔽 読書記録 🔽🔽
無人島に住む、一人の女と31人の男。
彼女は女である価値をフル活用する、というのが大きな筋となるけれどそんなやわな話ではない。
5年、6年と、経つうちに各々は崩れていき、各々のストーリーが渦巻いていく。
ロビンソン・クルーソーを最近読んだばかりだけど、トウキョウがいてホンコンがいて男がいて女がいて、男はみんな出来損ないで、しかもその女は太った40代で徐々に確実に傲慢になっていくとなると、美しい話ではない。
そういう女の生々しさがさすが桐野夏生。

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東京島 (新潮文庫)

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★★★★☆ 31 men and 1 woman on a remote island. She makes sure to take advantage of being the only woman, but it’s not that simple, she gets old and fat, and gets greedy, too.

🔽 log 🔽
Tokyo Island
Natsuo Kirino, 2008
Read 2024.7


🔽 Book review and notes 🔽

31 men and 1 woman on a remote island. 
She makes sure to take advantage of being the only woman, but it's not that simple, she gets old and fat, and gets greedy, too.

As time goes on, 5 years, 6 years, they slowly start to fall apart and form their own communities.
I only recently read Robinson Crusoe, and I'm not sure if he'd prefer years alone, or with these people.

Men are not to be depended on, but she's so used to be treated like a queen by now, what should she do now that she's getting old and fat?
It's not a beautiful story, it's the real woman with real problems, even if she's on an island with dozens of men alone.

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