BUTTER 柚木麻子 Asako Yuzuki 英文原版 日本文学小说

基本信息

Publisher ? : ? Fourth Estate; 1st edition (29 Feb. 2024)

Language ? : ? English

Paperback ? : ? 464 pages

ISBN-10 ? : ? 0008511683

ISBN-13 ? : ? 978-0008511685

Dimensions ? : ? 13.5 x 4 x 21.6 cm

内容介绍

令人信服，令人愉悦的怪异，常常让人不舒服"，潘多拉-西克斯（PANDORA SYKES）

令人欲罢不能、令人叹为观止的原创作品》艾琳-凯利（ERIN KELLY）

柚木麻子的新作《黄油》让我如痴如醉。

全脂、米其林星级享受"《时代周刊》

这本受人追捧的日本畅销书讲述了一位女美食家兼连环杀手和一位一心想破案的记者的故事，灵感来自于一个真实的故事。

有两样东西是我不能容忍的：女权主义者和人造黄油。

美食厨师梶井真奈子（Manako Kajii）被关押在东京拘留中心，她因连环谋杀孤独的商人而被定罪，据说她用美味的家常菜诱惑了这些商人。

此案举国瞩目，但梶井拒绝与媒体对话，也不接待任何访客。直到记者町田莉香写信询问她炖牛肉的食谱，梶井忍不住回了信。

Rika 是她的新闻办公室里唯一的女性，每天工作到很晚，很少做拉面。

当她和坚毅的梶井之间的访问展开时，与其说是新闻研究，不如说是美食大师课。

丽卡希望这种美食交流能帮助她软化梶井，但似乎改变的人可能是她自己。

每吃一顿饭，她身体里的某些东西就会被唤醒，她和加治之间的共同点会不会比她想象的更多？

柚木麻子的《黄油》灵感来源于被定罪的女骗子和连环杀手 "Konkatsu Killer "的真实案件，

是对日本的厌女症、痴迷、浪漫和食物的越轨乐趣的生动、令人不安的探索。

《美味可口......我吃得津津有味》（IMOGEN CRIMP）

咸中带甜，咬上一口，回味无穷"，艾丽丝-斯莱特（ALICE SLATER）

《巧夺天工》《新闻周刊》

雄心勃勃，《令人不安》《卫报》

不知道是应该阅读这部小说，还是应该吞下它"，《观察家》（OBSERVER）

'Compelling, delightfully weird, often uncomfortable' PANDORA SYKES

'Unputdownable, breathtakingly original' ERIN KELLY

'I have been glued to Asako Yuzuki's new novel Butter’ NIGEL SLATER

‘A full-fat, Michelin-starred treat’THE TIMES

The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story.

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.

'Luscious … I devoured this' IMOGEN CRIMP

'A salty morsel with one hell of a bite’ ALICE SLATER

‘Nothing short of ingenious’ INEWS

‘Ambitious and unsettling’GUARDIAN

'It isn’t entirely clear whether to read the novel or devour it’ OBSERVER