Планария

Muzha Kato sokratyly, y ona podrabatyvaet po nocham v supermarkete, chtoby soderzhat dvoykh vzroslykh detey. Kharuka perezhyla rak y khochet v sleduyushchey zhyzny stat planaryey. U Ydzumy byla uspeshnaya karera, no teper ona shet ygrushky y ne khochet vozvrashchatsya na rabotu. Ystoryy Fumyo Yamamoto razvorachyvayutsya na fone yaponskogo “poteryannogo desyatyletyya”, vremeny khrupkoy nestabylnosty. Ee geroyny otkazyvayutsya plyt po techenyyu y tykho buntuyut protyv navyazannykh roley. Pered kazhdoy stoyt vybor mezhdu svobodoy y sledovanyem pravylam, mezhdu smyrenyem y popytkoy sokhranyt sebya. Otmechennaya v 2001 godu premyey Naoky, y teper, chetvert veka spustya “Planaryya” okazyvaetsya sozvuchnoy chytatelyu. . Fumyo Yamamoto – odna yz samykh yzvestnykh sovremennykh yaponskykh pysatelnyts, laureat prestyzhnykh lyteraturnykh nagrad, v tom chysle premyy Eydzy Yosykavy dlya nachynayushchykh avtorov. – Sbornyk rasskazov «Planaryya» stal lyteraturnoy sensatsyey, razoshelsya tyrazhom pochty polmyllyona ekzemplyarov y prynes pysatelnytse premyyu Naoky – odnu yz glavnykh lyteraturnykh nagrad Yaponyy. – Glavnye geroyny knygy – zhenshchyny, stalkyvayushchyesya s zhyznennymy trudnostyamy: bolezny, poterya raboty, fynansovye problemy y semeynye kryzysy. Kazhdaya yz nykh pytaetsya nayty sobstvennyy put v stremytelno menyayushchemsya myre. – Ystoryy Fumyo Yamamoto razvorachyvayutsya na fone yaponskogo «poteryannogo desyatyletyya», no voprosy, kotorye ona podnymaet, ostayutsya aktualnymy y segodnya. – Na anglyyskom yazyke sbornyk «Planaryya» vpervye vyshel v 2025 godu y poluchyl vysokye otsenky Boston Globe, Chicago Review of Books y Booklist. – Knyga ponravytsya poklonnykam Sayaky Muraty, Myeko Kavakamy y sovremennoy yaponskoy lyteratury.

Kato's husband has been laid off, and she works part-time at a supermarket to support two adult children. Haruka has survived cancer and wants to become a planarian in her next life. Izumi had a successful career, but now she sews toys and does not want to return to work. Fumio Yamamoto's stories unfold against the backdrop of Japan's “lost decade,” a time of fragile instability. Her heroines refuse to go with the flow and quietly rebel against the imposed roles. Everyone is faced with a choice between freedom and following the rules, between humility and trying to save themselves. Awarded the Naoki Prize in 2001, and now, a quarter of a century later, “Planaria" turns out to be consonant with the reader. . Fumio Yamamoto is one of the most famous modern Japanese writers, winner of prestigious literary awards, including the Eiji Yoshikawa Prize for emerging authors. – The collection of short stories "Planaria" became a literary sensation, sold almost half a million copies and brought the writer the Naoki Prize– one of the main literary awards in Japan. – The main characters of the book are women facing life difficulties: illness, job loss, financial problems and family crises. Each of them is trying to find their own way in a rapidly changing world. – Fumio Yamamoto's stories unfold against the backdrop of Japan's "lost decade," but the questions she raises remain relevant today. – The Planaria collection was first published in English in 2025 and received high marks from the Boston Globe, Chicago Review of Books and Booklist. – Fans of Sayaka Murata, Mieko Kawakami and modern Japanese literature will love the book.