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Butter

內容簡介

內容簡介 《奶油》（Butter）——2024 年 Waterstones 年度圖書冠軍作品榮譽與成就2024 年 Waterstones 年度圖書得主入圍 2025 年英國圖書獎「年度最佳小說（首作）」《星期日泰晤士報》排行榜冠軍暢銷書BBC《Between the Covers》讀書俱樂部選書❝ 「一場滿載風味的米其林級享受。」——《星期日泰晤士報》 ❞❝ 「我整個人都沉浸在柚木麻子的《奶油》中。」——奈傑爾·斯萊特（Nigel Slater） ❞日本暢銷小說——關於一名美食家與連環殺手，以及一位決心揭開真相的記者● 靈感來自真實事件，英譯版由 Polly Barton 翻譯。● 「有兩樣東西我無法容忍：女權主義者，還有人造奶油。」美食家梶井真奈子（Manako Kajii）被指控以手作料理誘惑孤獨的商務人士，並連續殺害多名受害者。如今，她在東京拘留中心服刑，成為全國關注的焦點。然而，她拒絕接受訪問，也不接見任何人——直到記者町田梨香（Rika Machida）寫信向她索取燉牛肉的食譜，她終於回信了。町田是新聞社唯一的女性記者，日夜加班，平時只會煮速食拉麵。當她與冷漠而神秘的梶井展開訪談，每次見面都像是一場美食大師課，而非單純的調查報導。町田希望透過這場味覺交流打開梶井的心扉，卻發現自己的內心正在悄然改變——隨著一道道料理進入胃中，她的身體與靈魂似乎正在甦醒。她開始思考，自己與梶井之間，真的有著不可逾越的界線嗎？一本充滿挑戰與誘惑的小說，探討日本社會中的性別偏見、執念、愛慾，以及食物帶來的違規快感。● 靈感來自日本真實事件——「婚活連環殺手」案件● 「令人著迷、異常奇特」——潘多拉·塞克斯（Pandora Sykes）● 「細膩入味……我一口氣讀完！」——伊莫金·克林普（Imogen Crimp）● 「辛辣的作品，餘韻強烈。」——愛麗絲·斯萊特（Alice Slater）● 「令人欲罷不能，驚人地原創。」——艾琳·凱莉（Erin Kelly）● 「堪稱天才之作。」——《iNews》● 「野心勃勃，讓人不安。」——《衛報》● 「這本小說不僅值得細讀，更該細細品味。」——《觀察家報》《奶油》於 2024 年 11 月 25 日登上《星期日泰晤士報》暢銷書排行榜。WINNER OF WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS DEBUT NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2025THE NUMBER 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK‘A full-fat, Michelin-starred treat’ THE SUNDAY TIMES'I have been glued to Asako Yuzuki's new novel Butter’ NIGEL SLATERThe cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story, and translated by Polly Barton.There are two things that I can simply not tolerate: feminists and margarine.Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in Tokyo Detention Centre convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, who she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation’s imagination but Kajii refuses to speak with the press, entertaining no visitors. That is, until journalist Rika Machida writes a letter asking for her recipe for beef stew and Kajii can’t resist writing back.Rika, the only woman in her news office, works late each night, rarely cooking more than ramen. As the visits unfold between her and the steely Kajii, they are closer to a masterclass in food than journalistic research. Rika hopes this gastronomic exchange will help her soften Kajii but it seems that she might be the one changing. With each meal she eats, something is awakening in her body, might she and Kaji have more in common than she once thought?Inspired by the real case of the convicted con woman and serial killer, "The Konkatsu Killer", Asako Yuzuki’s Butter is a vivid, unsettling exploration of misogyny, obsession, romance and the transgressive pleasures of food in Japan.'Compelling, delightfully weird' PANDORA SYKES'Luscious … I devoured this' IMOGEN CRIMP'A salty morsel with one hell of a bite’ ALICE SLATER'Unputdownable, breathtakingly original' ERIN KELLY‘Nothing short of ingenious’ INEWS‘Ambitious and unsettling’GUARDIAN'It isn’t entirely clear whether to read the novel or devour it’ OBSERVERAsako Yuzuki's book 'Butter' was a Sunday Times bestseller w c 2024-11-25.

各界推薦

各界推薦 《奶油》書評精選✦ 「引人入勝，異常奇特，令人不安……《奶油》將以絕妙手法攪動你的思想與味蕾。」 ——潘多拉·塞克斯（《我們怎麼知道自己做得對？》作者）✦ 「讓人愛不釋手，原創性令人驚嘆……我會推薦給所有女性朋友。」 ——艾琳·凱莉（《骸骨之鑰》作者）✦ 「我完全沉浸在柚木麻子的《奶油》中……滿載美味細節。」 ——奈傑爾·斯萊特（《衛報》Feast 專欄）✦ 「酣暢淋漓、奢華縱情的小說……融合憤怒女性敘事與懸疑推理，如米其林級盛宴般令人著迷。」 ——《星期日泰晤士報》✦ 「大膽又令人不安……引人深思，卻意外地帶來溫暖，探討友誼、禁忌快感與社會對女性矛盾的期待。」 ——《衛報》✦ 「柚木麻子以細膩的美食書寫，深入探討當代女性的處境……這部黑暗卻迷人的小說讓我一口氣讀完。」 ——伊莫金·克林普（《乖乖女》作者）✦ 「一場對食慾、厭胖文化與日本厭女現象的美味沉思……這道料理辛辣入味，令人難忘。」 ——愛麗絲·斯萊特（《書商之死》作者）✦ 「柚木營造出一個冰冷又疏離的世界。」 ——《金融時報》✦ 「這本在日本掀起狂熱的小說，堪稱天才之作。」 ——《iNews》✦ 「透過食物視角剖析厭女與執念的精彩小說。」 ——《Monocle》✦ 「食物、性別與暴力在這部美味小說中交織。」 ——《i-D》✦ 「讓人垂涎欲滴！」 ——《愛爾蘭獨立報》Review'Compelling, delightfully weird, often uncomfortable … Butter will churn your brain and your stomach with panache’ Pandora Sykes, author of How Do We Know We're Doing It Right?‘An unputdownable, breathtakingly original novel … I will be spoon-feeding Butter to every woman I know’ Erin Kelly, author of The Skeleton Key'I have been glued to Asako Yuzuki’s new novel Butter … contains delicious descriptions' Nigel Slater, Guardian Feast newsletter‘Exuberant, indulgent romp of a novel … Butter is a full-fat, Michelin-starred treat that moves seamlessly between an Angry Young Woman narrative and an engrossing detective drama and back again. Yuzuki has crafted an almost Dickensian cast of fleshy characters, with just as many surprise connections … Let this book bring you under its spell’ The Sunday Times‘Ambitious and unsettling … a thought-provoking and surprisingly feelgood take on friendship, transgressive pleasures, and society’s impossibly contradictory expectations of women’ Guardian'Yuzuki uses luscious food writing to fuel a nuanced and intelligent exploration of contemporary womanhood … I devoured this dark and delicious novel' Imogen Crimp, author of A Very Nice Girl‘A delectable meditation on appetite, fatphobia and misogyny in modern Japan … a salty morsel with one hell of a bite’ Alice Slater, author of Death of A Bookseller‘Yuzuki evokes a cold and alienating world’ Financial Times‘This Japanese novel, which has become quite the cult phenomenon, is nothing short of ingenious’ iNews‘A book that interrogates misogyny and obsession through the prism of food’ Monocle‘Food, gender and violence are explored in this delicious novel’ i-D'It'll make your mouth water' Irish Independent

作者介紹

作者介紹 關於作者柚木麻子（Asako Yuzuki）1981 年生於東京。她以短篇小說《勿忘我藍》（Forget Me, Not Blue）獲得 「All Yomimono 新人獎」，並於 2010 年出版首部作品《終點站的那個女孩》（Shuuten No Anoko）。2015 年，她以《尼羅鱸女子會》（Nile Perch No Joshikai）榮獲 山本周五郎獎。她亦多次入圍 直木獎，作品廣受好評，並被改編為電視劇、廣播劇與電影。About the AuthorAsako Yuzuki was born in Tokyo in 1981. She won the All Yomimono Award for New Writers for her story, ‘Forget Me, Not Blue’, which appeared in her debut, Shuuten No Anoko, published in 2010. She won the Yamamoto Shūgorō Award in 2015 for Nile Perch No Joshikai. She has been nominated multiple times for the Naoko Prize, and her novels have been adapted for television, radio and film.

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最佳賣點 : 榮獲 2024 年 Waterstones 年度圖書推薦，靈感來自日本真實案件。一本充滿挑戰與誘惑的小說，探討日本社會中的性別偏見、執念、愛慾，以及食物帶來的違規快感。