#ひゃくもじ 100文字小説 100 characters #31-40
100文字以内の小説です。
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#vol.1〜10 はこちら
#vol.11〜20 はこちら
#vol.21〜30はこちら
These are very short novels with only a hundred characters (in Japanese characters). I hope you can feel the unique world in the short sentences.
どうしても100文字で収めようとすると、起承転結することが難しい。そして、私は「起」を重視しているので、「起承」で終わったり、なんなら「起」だけで終わったりする。読んでる人がどう受け取っているのかはわからないけど私はそれでいいと思っている。俳句や短歌のように情景と情感が伝われば成功だと思う。
それでも私はあくまでこれを「小説」と呼ぶ。(あ、これは詩だな、ていう日もあるにはあるけど) だって自分ではない人として何かを語るのは、小説ではないだろうか。知らんけど。
vol.31 Now! Here!
My partner who lives with me and I left our laundry at the laundromat and went to the supermarket. We only needed dish detergent and sanitary napkins. We bought them. “Now! Nothing we need or don't need!" she exclaimed and I laughed.
vol.32 どうしても思い出せない。
I wonder where my memories are stored. I suddenly recall the broken Hello Kitty(a Japanese character) on the pencil case of my elementary school classmate, Ms. Sawai. I cannot for the life of me remember the brand of cigarettes you smoked. My memories appear and disappear at random.
vol.33 Just a voyage
I was to make a voyage with the director. It's not a metaphor. Just a voyage. He had no budget, but he set the schedule, defined the requirements, and assigned me. Then he and I were eaten by a sea turtle, complicating the turtle soup issue. (In Japan, there is a famous quiz about a sea turtle soup.)
vol.34 too late
The day I decided to confess my love to him, he decided to go out with her. The day I wrote her a letter, she died. The day I kept encouraging him, I found out he was depressed. Everything happened a little too late. It takes my life somewhere else. I can't decide where to go.
タイトルを「ちょっと too late」にしようとして思いとどまった。
vol.35 The flutist
His flute is wildly sexy. Other than that, he is a dull man. On top of that, he is paranoid and emotionally unstable. Yet he is popular with women anyway. What should I do if I can't play an instrument, am dull, paranoid, and emotionally unstable?
PS : I don't want to hear an answer like “maybe he has other charms besides the flute or you have other fatal flaws.” I just want someone to love me as I am.
追記するのはルール違反だけど、前半書いてから何か違うなーと思って後半書いたら「それ」だった。
vol.36 フレンチトースト
I am beating the eggs, pouring in the milk, adding lots of sugar and three shakes of vanilla extract, while you are cutting crusts. I asked, "What would you do without me?" You answered, "I would have cut the bread crusts and then made the egg mixture.” I said, “You’re right.”
vol.37 ミヨシヤ
My partner who lived with me was soaking in the bath and humming. I yelled, “I’m ordering delivery from Miyoshiya today!” The humming stopped and he said, "Really?!" He rushed out of the bath. I heard that and wished I could keep living with him.
2人の間だけで通じる「特別」があるって、いいなぁと思って。
vol.38 新淀川大橋
I was viewing cars running alongside this commuter train through the window. The car appears to stop for a moment, even though the background flows behind in a flash. She and I were running at the same speed on the same road, so I believed that I could be with her in that sparkle. It was only for a moment.
新淀川大橋だったか覚えてないんだけどあの辺にそんなような区間があった気がする。
vol.39 プールサイド
I ran into Nagisa by the pool. She took off her heavy glasses and long skirt. Long eyelashes, wet eyes. I wondered which one of them was her for her. I said, "You look different from usual," then she looked a little annoyed. I missed!
vol.40 The coffee shop
It was the first time I had ever been in that coffee shop. The lady of the house put down my cup roughly and went back to the counter as if she didn't see anyone except the regulars. I wanted to leave, but I took as much time as I could to smoke a cigarette. Then I gave up.
なんか今回(vol.31 - 40)特に英語がダサい気がするな。単純に単語を知らないということもあるのだけど、言語の性質的に日本語ってふわっとしてるのでそれを正確に主語、動詞、目的語…って組み立て直そうとするとなんだかアレ。いろんなニュアンスが抜け落ちるよね。でも逆に英語にする過程でふわっと曖昧にしてたことの輪郭がはっきり見えることもある。