When I closed the healing Japanese novel "Fish RiverBank Shop", I wanted to say something, but my mind went blank. It cannot be denied that this novel is very enduring, although it is written from the perspective of a little girl about her fat mother "meat", as well as her own incomprehension and desire for the adult world, as well as the interaction between classmates, all of which seem to happen around us, vaguely recalled, two-thirds of the whole novel is depressed, because in this little girl named Kikuko, from a single-parent family, the heart is contradictory and lonely.
If we know a little about Japanese dramas or Japanese novels, we can completely summarize the life of the little girl's mother, Meat, before the age of 38, that is, "The Life of the Nasty Pine Nuts", Matsuko and Meat nuts have almost the same fate, being indifferent by the family, unhappy marriage, but having a kind heart.
The ending of "The Life of the Nasty Matsuko" is tragic, when Matsuko once again rekindled hope for life, but was accidentally beaten to death by a group of young people, and the meat in "Fish Riverbank Shop" was relatively "happy", after being abandoned by the scumbag, she unexpectedly had a daughter Kikuko, in order to survive, working in the Fish River bank shop, temporarily stabilized.
The relationship between her daughter Kikuko and Meat makes people think of another Japanese drama, "Kikujiro's Summer" directed by Kitano Wang, a Japanese drama that came out twenty years ago, is still being released in major theaters this year, and the vitality of Japanese dramas cannot but be said to be very strong, and the reason why it is strong is that after decades have passed, it can still attract fans.
In "Kikujiro's Summer", the biggest suspense left by Kitano Takeshi is that he is called Kikujiro, not the teenager who was abandoned by his mother, but the middle-aged underworld uncle who helped the little boy find his mother, in this summer, Kikujiro relived the life of the teenager and healed himself. "Fish Riverbank Shop" also uses this routine, so that a mother who is called meat by her daughter, in fact, her name is the same as her daughter, also called Kikuko, the mother and daughter have the same name, and two unfortunate people are combined, is It Kikuko who cured meat's bad life, or did Meat let her daughter Kikuko not repeat the old mistakes and gave her a still complete childhood? Meat was unhappy in childhood, and Kikuko began to feel unhappy, but after knowing the truth, she has become an indispensable part of Meat's body - meat lumps!
Japanese novels, or Japanese film and television dramas, always like to use some ordinary small things, ordinary small characters, gradually make you addicted, into which you can not extricate yourself. In this lonely world, to be precise, it is a circle-oriented society, the circle of the bottom people is already very small and small, so small that only the family is only, in this human society shrouded by the circle culture, how to move themselves in the ordinary? Life is what it is, day after day, year after year, without wind or waves, quietly spending every day, such a seemingly small wish, but a small luxury.
Why? After reading this novel, I would like to recommend it to a distant friend to enjoy together, but finally give up, because everyone has been separated for so many years, can they still return to the original appearance? Time has passed, people are constantly changing themselves, you think of the beauty, in the eyes of others is like a bland contrivance, it is better to enjoy the quiet taste of "Fish Riverbank Shop" alone, in a quiet town, a few old shops wandering, see the old fat female clerk, or the female boss, speculating about what kind of story she will have when she is young?