★★★★★ これほどにも読んで悪い気分になるものはそうない。単にその事実がショッキングだというわけではない。私を含め多くの人は決して似たような経験はないはずなのに、納得してしまうからである。

★★★★★ Isolated at the war on the field, he questions everything. It’s haunting, but not merely because the plot is shocking, it’s because, even people like me, who never had the experience, can recognise his internal struggles.
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🔽 基本情報 🔽
野火
大岡昇平, 1952
224 ページ
2021.10 読了

🔽🔽 読書記録 🔽🔽

読みたくても読みたくなくて、やっと読んだときは、早く読んでしまって記憶から消したい、それが率直な感想。 

人間、生か死かという極限でどう生き延びるか。
信じるか、信じないか。
その信頼の対象は自分であったり他人であったり。

現実にその極限を生き延びた人は今どうなるのか。
もうその時代の人は少しずつ亡くなって行くけれど、帰還して平和な生活を送れたのか。その後の世代は同じ過ちをしないのか。

これほどにも読んで悪い気分になるものはそうない。
それは、ただその事実がショッキングだというわけではない。
私を含め多くの人は決して似たような経験はないはずなのに、納得してしまうからである。

🔽 買えるところ / あらすじ、詳細 🔽

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野火(のび) 

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野火 （新潮文庫　おー6-3　新潮文庫） [ 大岡 昇平 ]
価格：605円（税込、送料無料) (2025/12/16時点)

— English —

★★★★★ Isolated during the war on the field, he questions everything. It’s haunting, but not merely because the plot is shocking, it’s because, even people like me, who never had the experience, can recognise his internal struggles.

🔽 log 🔽
Fires on the plain
Shohei Ooka, 1952
Read in 2021.10


🔽 Book review and notes 🔽

I wanted to read it, but didn't, and when I finally started reading it, I just wanted to get it done with and delete it from my memory. 
It's so daunting and it haunts you, it's about a man who's completely isolated during the war and he questions his survival, moral, humanity, everything outside of him as well as inside.

You're on the edge and a step away from the death. Do you trust or not, and what do you trust, yourself? others? Can he trust himself to stay a human or will he cross the line?

The book is haunting, but not merely because the plot or its description is shocking, it's because, even people like me, who never had the same experience or anything remotely close, can recognise his internal struggles.

🔽 Where to buy / Summary and more info 🔽

●●● Amazon.com (US) ●●●

Fires on the Plain (Tuttle Classics) 

●●● Amazon.co.uk (UK) ●●●
Fires on the Plain (Tuttle Classics) 

●●● Amazon.it (Italy) ●●●
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