タイトルの質感に、もう岩館真理子さんらしさを感じてワクワクします。１９９４年、集英社発行の「白いサテンのリボン」は４つのお話からなる短編集です。
The texture of the title is something typical of Iwadate Mariko and it makes me thrilled. “Shiroi Saten no Ribbon”, released in 1994, is a collection of 4 short stories.
表題作の「白いサテンのリボン」は、祖母の美しい白いドレスを巡っての、姉妹の確執を描いたものです。耽美的なこの世界は、岩館真理子さんならではのもののように思います。妹である主人公の波子の酷薄さに、少し背筋が冷たくなってしまうようなサスペンスです。
The title piece called “Shiroi Saten no Ribbon” is a story about the conflict between sisters over a Granma’s dress which is going to be given to either of them. The esthetic world you can see there is something only Iwadate can create. This is a thriller describing the younger sister’s cruelty that makes you feel a chill runs down your spine.
２番目のお話「アイリスの小鉢」は、表題作とは打って変わって、心温まるお話です。主人公のカナは、漫画家の母といかがわしい小説家の父をもつ中学生の女の子です。だらしない両親のもと、奔放に育ったカナですが、父母のどちらにも似たところのない自分や、引っ越しばかりを繰り返す生活に疑問を抱いているのでした。最後に明かされる真相は切ないもので、涙があふれてしまいます。
The second story called “Iris no Kobachi” is a heartwarming story in sharp contrast with the title piece. Kana, the main character, is a junior high school girl who has a mother, a cartoonist, and a father, a writer of in decent stories. Kana is a girl of Bohemian tastes who has grown up watching her parents of rather slovenly tastes. She has doubts about herself who doesn’t look like her parents at all and about their life moving from place to place. The truth which is revealed at the end is somewhat heartrending and it makes me cry.
上記の２作は１９９３年に「ヤングユー」で掲載されたものですが、３番目の「天使の耳朶」、４番目「花咲く森の少女」はそれぞれ８８年、８９年に「マーガレット」に掲載されたものです。画風の変化が見て取れるのが興味深いところです。
繊細な美しさに満ちた、岩館真理子さんの世界を新作で味わいたいです。
These works I mentioned above are published in the magazine called “Young You” in 1993, but the rest of the stories, the third one called “Tenshi no Mimitabu” and the fourth called “Hana Saku Mori no Shojyo ”, are published in “Margaret” in 1988 and 1989. It is interesting that I can tell the change in her drawing style here.
I’d like to enjoy the Iwadate Mariko’s world that is quite delicately beautiful.
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