大江健三郎の『万延元年のフットボール』

前々からこの小説を読みたいけど、結局読んで楽しくなかったでした。

時代と場面をもっと知っていたら、もっと楽しかったと思います。戦後日本をちょっと知っていますが、田舎村の性格と心理を全然知りません。主人公の家族は村で大切な家族ですが、私が祖父母の時代も全然分かりません。その時代の政府はどうでしょうか。将軍が終わったら、地方自治体はまだ動力がないかもしれません。歴史の分からない事が多いので、村人と弟さんの生活も分かりません。

一つだけの事を知ります。弟さんは本当に煩わしい人です。私の家族で弟さんのそっくりに煩わしい人がいますので、主人公の怒りをよく知ります！

Even though I wanted to read this book for a long time, in the end I didn't enjoy this novel.

I think I would have enjoyed reading it more if I knew more about the setting and history of the village. I know a little about post war Japan, but not about life and the psychology of a small village in the countryside. The main character's family is important in the village, but I don't know anything about the grandfather's era. What was the government like at that time? The shogun was ending, but local government had little power I think. Because there are lots of historical things I don't know, I don't understand the villagers or the younger brother.

I know only one thing. The younger brother is really annoying. In my family there is a person who is annoying just like the younger brother so I really understand the main character's anger!