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When the Museum Is Closed

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內容簡介 當博物館休館時 作者：八木詠美｜譯者：Yuki Tejima一段古怪而愉悅的酷兒戀愛故事，講述一位孤獨的博物館職員愛上了一尊維納斯雕像。堀內莉香接下了一份奇特的兼職——每逢週一博物館休館日，她要用拉丁語與一尊維納斯雕像對話。原本排斥這份工作的她，漸漸對這項任務產生興趣。莉香因語言能力優異，被大學教授推薦，平日則在冷凍食品倉庫默默地工作。在靜謐的博物館裡，維納斯奇蹟般地活了過來，與莉香談天說地。這場對話開啟了莉香全新的世界，不論在知識上還是情感上。兩人終究墜入愛河。然而當博物館館長橋場美表明他也想占有維納斯時，莉香將如何抉擇？ 本書充滿魅力、幽默與奇想，以奇幻手法探索最真實的情感：愛、孤獨、自由、美的感知，以及女性在社會中的形象。《當博物館休館時》是一部令人歡欣的酷兒愛情小說，也再次確認了八木詠美在當代日本文壇中不可忽視的地位。A quirky, joyful queer love story about a lonely museum worker who falls in love with a statue of VenusRika Horauchi’s new part-time job is to converse with a statue of Venus – in Latin – every Monday, when the museum is closed.Initially reluctant, Rika starts to enjoy her strange new job. Recommended by her old university professor for her exemplary language skills, Rika leads an otherwise unassuming life, working the rest of the week in a frozen-food warehouse.As Venus comes to life in the quiet of the museum, they talk about everything. Venus opens up new worlds for Rika, both intellectually and emotionally. They soon fall in love. But when the museum’s curator, Hashibami, makes it clear he wants to keep Venus for himself, what will Rika do?When the Museum is Closed is by turns charming, funny and surprising, a surreal take on our most real emotions and concerns: love, loneliness, freedom, perceptions of beauty and how women are seen in society. A joyful queer love story, this fresh and original new novel confirms Emi Yagi as one of the most exciting Japanese writers published in English today.Translated by Yuki TejimaPraise for Diary of a Void‘Incredibly thought-provoking... you‘ll love Yagi‘s writing‘ STYLIST‘A subversive, surreal read that will strike a cord‘ RED‘Endlessly strange, funny and meaningful‘ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING‘A book that reflects on life, solitude and what it means to be a woman‘ FINANCIAL TIMES

作者介紹

作者介紹 八木詠美（Emi Yagi）｜作者八木詠美現為日本一家女性雜誌的編輯，1988年出生，現居東京。首部小說《空白的十日》一出版即風靡國際，並榮獲每年頒發給最佳小說處女作的「太宰治獎」。手嶋由紀（Yuki Tejima）｜譯者手嶋由紀曾翻譯辻村深月的《迷失靈魂在滿月下重逢》與《如何將某人放在心上》、木村久美的《守護你的人》，以及黑柳徹子的暢銷回憶錄續作《窗邊的小荳荳 2》。她自美國移居東京，目前定居於此。About the AuthorEmi Yagi (Author)Emi Yagi is an editor at a women’s magazine in Japan. She was born in 1988 and lives in Tokyo. Her first novel and international cult hit, Diary of a Void, won the Osamu Dazai Prize, awarded annually to the best debut work of fiction.Yuki Tejima (Translator)Yuki Tejima is the translator of Mizuki Tsujimura’s Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon and How to Hold Someone in Your Heart, Kumi Kimura’s Someone to Watch Over You, and the sequel to Tetsuko Kuroyanagi’s bestselling memoir, Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window 2. She moved from the US to Tokyo, where she now lives.

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最佳賣點 : 本書充滿魅力、幽默與奇想，以奇幻手法探索最真實的情感：愛、孤獨、自由、美的感知，以及女性在社會中的形象。《當博物館休館時》是一部令人歡欣的酷兒愛情小說，也再次確認了八木詠美在當代日本文壇中不可忽視的地位。