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【2021年本屋大賞ノミネート作】【第33回柴田錬三郎賞受賞作】——僕は、そうは、思わない。敵は、先入観。世界をひっくり返せ！　伊坂幸太郎史上、最高の読後感。

休職中の刑事、本間俊介は遠縁の男性に頼まれて彼の婚約者、関根彰子の行方を捜すことになった。

Henry Tillotson, a generous, genial man, rescues Margaret from a disastrous marriage in Egypt and brings her home to the West Country as his new wife. On the threshold she gives him a black eye and retires straight to bed where she remains, apart from the occasional malevolent outburst, for the rest of her life.

大好きなおばあちゃんは本物の魔女。生きる力も本物だった――。中学に進んでまもなく、どうしても学校へ足が向かなくなった少女まいは、季節が初夏へと移り変るひと月あまりを、西の魔女のもとで過した。

At the very edge of its many interlocking worlds, the city of Bombay conceals a near invisible community of Parsi corpse bearers, whose job it is to carry bodies of the deceased to the Towers of Silence. They are segregated and shunned from society, often wretchedly poor, and theirs is a lot that nobody would willingly espouse. Yet that's exactly what Phiroze Elchidana, son of a revered Parsi priest, does when he falls in love with Sepideh, the daughter of an aging corpse bearer....

墨田区・大川公園で若い女性の右腕とハンドバッグが発見された。

「はじめて」は、いつも痛くて、少し優しい。日本エンターテインメントの最前線&最高峰!

第172回直木賞候補作！数百年先に帰ってくるかもしれない。懐かしい、この浜辺に―ー。徳島の海辺の小さな町で、なんとかウミガメの卵を孵化させ、自分ひとりの力で育てようとする、祖父と二人暮らしの中学生の女の子。

Hidden by London’s wealth, energy and need for cheap labour, the city’s immigrant population is powerless, despised and often illegal. So when a young woman’s body is discovered on Hampstead Heath one cold morning, she could be anyone...Rich or poor, outsider or insider, five strangers are connected in undreamed-of ways as greed, courage, murder and kindness link their lives.

少しだけ不思議な力を持つ、中学校の国語教師・檀(だん)と、女子生徒の書いている風変わりな小説原稿。 生徒の些細な校則違反をきっかけに、檀先生は思わぬ出来事に巻き込まれていく。

The trajectories of Arvind and Arbaaz, both businessmen of a kind whose lives are unwillingly intertwined, ricochet off one another while they play out their sinister and murderous plots of personal and professional one-upmanship, all the while breaking every rule in the book. Both are unaware that what they seek and fight over is the very obstacle in realising an ancient secret that dates back to a time long forgotten. And yet, at the heart of it all, there lies tenderness...and pathos...and blood...and rare moments of an almost exalted happiness.

Jess Penhaligon is on her way to Devon to receive an award for her botanical painting. Hosting her will be Kate, who gladly welcomes her into her home. Jess's own family fell apart several years ago, so she is grateful for Kate's friendliness - and her close unit of extended family and friends, who embrace Jess just as warmly. As this group begins reminiscing on their pasts and sharing their stories with Jess, it becomes apparent that her family history may be linked with theirs.

社内不倫に疲れた30代OL、妻に先立たれた老人、子供に見捨てられた資産家老女、ある一部屋だけを掃除する汚部屋主婦……。

ひょっとしたら、と彼女は思う、世界は本当に終わりかけているのかもしれない。

Harriet Goodman, brave, wry and handsome, is determined to triumph no matter what. With a decade of therapy under her belt and a new large inheritance, it seems there is nothing she cannot achieve. When she finds herself in charge of a school full of precocious little girls, rich in everything but care, she vows to make their childhoods amongst the happiest ever spent.

「お前ら、そんな仕事して恥ずかしいと思わないのか。目をさましやがれ！」　漢字の読めない政治家、酔っぱらい大臣、揚げ足取りのマスコミ、バカ大学生が入り乱れ、巨大な陰謀をめぐる痛快劇の幕が切って落とされた。

Late one summer evening, antiquarian bookseller Adam Snow is returning from a client visit when he takes a wrong turn. He stumbles across a derelict Edwardian house, and compelled by curiosity, approaches the door. Standing before the entrance, he feels the unmistakable sensation of a small cold hand creeping into his own, ‘as if a child had taken hold of it’. At first he is merely puzzled by the odd incident but then begins to suffer attacks of fear and panic, and is visited by nightmares.

えっ!? 自分、「夢」がないやて? ほな「夢の見つけ方」教えたろか。平凡な会社員を「宇宙一の偉人に育てる」と宣言したガネーシャ。しかし、彼には「夢」がなかった――。

思い出の“食”を探してもらえなかったら、私はずっと過去のことばかり追いかけていた――。シリーズ第四弾の本書には、味噌汁、おにぎり、豚のしょうが焼き、冷やし中華、から揚げ、マカロニグラタンが登場。

Wenn aus Fremden Freunde werden - ein humorvolles und berührendes Buch von Frankreichs Autorin Nummer 1Jeanne, 74, hat kürzlich ihren Mann verloren und findet sich in einer einsamen und finanziell prekären Situation wieder. Iris, 33 und schwanger, ist einer toxischen Beziehung entflohen, versteckt sich in Paris, wo sie aus dem Koffer lebt, und sucht nach einer Unterkunft. Théo, 18, Konditorlehrling ohne festen Wohnsitz, hat Jahre im Heim hinter sich, Erinnerungen an eine desolate Kindheit im Gepäck und braucht ebenfalls dringend eine Bleibe.